Los Angeles Times |

For a budding botanist, the pomegranate is a family tree

UC Riverside doctoral candidate John Chater is cultivating and studying the same pomegranates his grandfather once grew.

UC Santa Barbara |

'Inside, outside and beyond'

UC Santa Barbara collaboration seeds sustainability in preschoolers.

San Diego Union-Tribune |

District partners with UCSD to study plate waste

UC San Diego researchers are studying what San Ysidro students eat from their school lunch, which could help improve student health and reduce food waste.

ABC Fresno |

50-year-old research project may spark tea growing industry in Central Valley

The UC Kearney Agricultural Center in Parlier may hold the key to whether the Valley can meet the growing demand for tea products.

UC Santa Cruz |

Sustainable Agriculture Education Association conference overview

UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, with support from the UC Global Food Initiative, hosted the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association national conference, highlighting hands-on educational efforts that bridge scientific and social issues.

The New York Times |

An (edible) solution to extend produce's shelf life

UC Santa Barbara alum James Rogers is CEO of Apeel, whose products to extend the shelf life of fruits and veggies could bring sweeping changes to the produce industry and grocery aisles.

UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program |

Youth voices in urban agriculture

As part of the UC Global Food Initiative, the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program teamed up with urban farms and gardens in the Bay Area to hear about youth experiences at these places and better understand the challenges of maintaining an urban garden.

UC Riverside |

Pomegranates: Student follows in grandfather's footsteps

UC Riverside graduate student and GFI fellow John Chater is building on the work of his grandfather, S. John Chater, who was a maintenance worker at a hospital but developed a cult following among rare fruit growers in California for developing new varieties of pomegranates.

Decanter |

Breakthrough may save cabernet sauvignon from climate change

UC Davis develops a first draft of the wine's genome, which could lead to new and more adaptable varieties.

Los Angeles Times/Costa Mesa Daily Pilot |

UCI students pitch in for homeless and hungry

UC Irvine students are lending a helping hand for those less fortunate during the school's Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week.

Washington Post |

The tragic reason seabirds keep mistaking ocean plastic for food

Marine plastic debris is an olfactory trap for seabirds, UC Davis researchers find.

KPCC |

How America is coping with the devastating avocado shortage

UC farm advisor Ben Faber explains the avocado shortage.