Blueberries and green beans in paper trays on a yellow checked tablecloth

Global Food Initiative

UC is working to address one of the critical issues of our time: How to sustainably and nutritiously feed a world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2025.

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Sustainable Agriculture Education Association
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
Gregory Barton and Meghan Koch identified antibodies in mouse milk.
Breastfeeding is good for yet another reason, researchers discover
Breast milk antibodies interact with the just-forming immune system of a newborn to shape lifelong responses.
UC Global Food Initiative fellow Holly Mayton of UC Riverside spreads compost around a fruit tree during a field trip to Full Belly Farm in the Capay Valley.
UC Riverside graduate student to attend competitive program on food security
Forty students selected each year for U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security.
Senior technician Eduardo Garcia, left, and lab manager Charlotte Acharya, both of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, prepare to place young strawberry plants in this field at UC Davis.
Industry upbeat about new UC Davis strawberry breeding research
'Setting the benchmark' for quality, yield and sustainability.