Global Food Initiative

Last year’s drought cost the ag industry more than $1 billion, thousands of jobs, new analysis shows

UC Merced

March 3, 2022

Crops most affected by increased fallowing include rice, cotton, grain and field crops.

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.

List Grid

Scientists warn that humans have been depleting soil at rates that are orders of magnitude greater than our current ability to replenish it. They say that fixing this imbalance is critical to global food security over the next century.

Soil depletion threatens global food security

If trajectory does not change, soil erosion, combined with effects of climate change, will present huge risk to global food security over next century, soil scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Merced warn.

Aileen Suzara presents Bahay Kubo: Kitchen Gardens of Living Tradition at the Big Ideas 2015 Grand Prize Pitch Day

Big Ideas@Berkeley announces contest winners

The student innovation received a record number of applications from 201 teams representing more than 700 students across nine UC campuses and 17 other universities, including 41 applications for the new Food System Innovations category.

A thick tangle of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (purple) that causes white-nose syndrome in bats is shown here growing on mouse body hair.

Breakthrough in bat-killing fungus could aid crops

UCSF-Brown discovery could help combat fungus that threatens North American bats and poses threat to the agricultural industry.