UC Merced |

UC Merced Blum Center relaunching with focus on food

Will become hub for food-security-related research and outreach on and off campus.

UC Riverside |

Study explains how western diet leads to overeating and obesity

UC Riverside researchers identify pharmaceutical target for overeating associated with diet-induced obesity.

UC ANR |

UC helps launch 4-H program in Mexico

Agreement will expand youth development opportunities south of the border.

UC Berkeley |

CRISPR research institute expands into agriculture, microbiology

Gene-editing tools may help prevent illness, improve crop yields and nurture a balanced ecosystem.

UC Davis |

Feast will benefit Honey and Pollination Center

UC Davis to add pollinator-friendly garden.

UC Food Observer |

Students flock to food movement

UC Berkeley's Ann Thrupp on students' rising interest in sustainable agriculture and agroecology.

UC Santa Barbara |

Intense industrial fishing

How China maintains large catches and what it means for fishery management.

UC Davis |

Arabica coffee genome sequenced

Coincides with birth of California-grown specialty coffee industry.

UC San Francisco |

Access to free drinking water in SF neighborhoods driven by new partnership

Over next year, 19 new public water stations will be installed across San Francisco.

UC Santa Barbara |

Holy guacamole

After finding invasive Asian beetles in native Montecito trees, UC Santa Barbara researchers are trying to determine how widespread they are.

UCLA |

Bait and switch? Study finds fish fraud runs rampant

Half the time what’s on the menu at LA sushi restaurants is not what’s on your plate.

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.