Researchers map the environmental pressures of global production for all foods on land and ocean.

A grant of more than $700,000 from the USDA will support a UC collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.

A promising new method for breaking down plastic would finally allow us to do something useful with hard-to-recycle waste.

Researchers provide genetic insights to help rice survive drought and flood.

Researchers find Americans are increasing their intake of friendly microbes, which are good for gut health and can promote a healthy immune system.

Campus dining halls are offering more meals that minimize meat.

More green spaces and urban farming opportunities could be helpful in future disasters.

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

Impress your family from afar — and your friends on Instagram — with this holiday superfood.

Six ways to bring deeper meaning to your meal by supporting farmers, farmworkers and the planet.

The disease that has devastated crops in Florida and threatens California may finally be stoppable.

The director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley is a nominee for the Chronicle's Visionary of the Year award.