New engineering research center to focus on agriculture technology
UC Merced
August 5, 2020
UC Merced joins three other campuses to sustainably meet the challenge of boosting global food production by 70 percent by 2050.
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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.
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Chinese fishing boats took half a billion dollars of illegal squid from North Korea. Scientists used satellites to catch them out
UC Santa Cruz via The Conversation
July 23, 2020
Satellite technology and machine learning are helping track down illegal and environmentally damaging ‘dark fleets’ of fishing boats.
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The next trend in food: Edible insects?
UC Santa Barbara
July 9, 2020
A lot of people think you should be eating more insects.
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UC Riverside discovers first effective treatment for citrus-destroying disease
UC Riverside
July 8, 2020
The disease that has devastated crops in Florida and threatens California may finally be stoppable.
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Q&A with Sophie Egan: Tips for Pantry-Building, Cooking, Eating, Nutrition & More in the Time of COVID-19
Sophie Egan is one of my favorite authors. Her work has appeared in The New York Times’ Well blog, Time, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appétit, WIRED and Sunset magazine, among others. …
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