UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program |

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.

UC Riverside |

A family legacy: Expanding pomegranate production

UC Riverside graduate student carries on work of his grandfather.

UC Santa Barbara |

Soil pHertility

Researchers create global map of soil pH and illuminate how it changes between wet and dry climates.

UC ANR |

Weather radar helps researchers track bird flu

The technology works best for tracking birds in the winter during feeding.

UC Riverside |

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.

UC Santa Cruz |

Grant awarded to study sustainable practices for urban agriculture

UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professor Stacy Philpott will lead the research.

Decanter |

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.

UC Berkeley |

Holiday help wanted: meals for students

Cal Nourish program helps fill need.

Los Angeles Times/Costa Mesa Daily Pilot |

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.

Washington Post |

The tragic reason seabirds keep mistaking ocean plastic for food

Marine plastic debris is an olfactory trap for seabirds, UC Davis researchers find.

UC Merced |

Researchers trace roots of potato farming to Andes

High-altitude archaeology uncovers earliest evidence of potato consumption.

UC Davis |

Climate-smart agriculture seminar slated for Dutch ag minister's visit

UC Davis seminar to examine ag water issues.