Funding will provide undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships to support research to improve crop yields, particularly in almonds.
New machine simulates human digestion to improve nutrition
The device is shedding light on our poorly understood digestive systems.
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.
A family legacy: Expanding pomegranate production
UC Riverside graduate student carries on work of his grandfather.
Soil pHertility
Researchers create global map of soil pH and illuminate how it changes between wet and dry climates.
Weather radar helps researchers track bird flu
The technology works best for tracking birds in the winter during feeding.
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.
Grant awarded to study sustainable practices for urban agriculture
UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professor Stacy Philpott will lead the research.
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.
Holiday help wanted: meals for students
Cal Nourish program helps fill need.
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.
The tragic reason seabirds keep mistaking ocean plastic for food
Marine plastic debris is an olfactory trap for seabirds, UC Davis researchers find.