Santa Cruz Sentinel |

Food for Thought: Ahhhh, sweet chocolate, a life saver

This story about the health benefits of chocolate cites UC Davis researcher Carl Keen.
Al Jazeera America |

Op-ed: Separating truth from fiction in the sugar wars

UCSF's Laura Schmidt writes about SugarScience, an initiative designed to highlight the most authoritative scientific findings on sugar and its impact on health.
Capital Press |

USDA plans to spend $30M on fighting citrus disease

More than $23M will fund research at four universities, including $4.5M to UC Davis and $1.7M to UC Riverside.
AgWeb |

The 20 best college farms

Farms at UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis both make Best College Reviews' list of the 20 best college farms.
PRI's The World |

What's it like to be a migrant farmworker?

Q&A with Seth Holmes, a doctor and anthropologist at UC Berkeley who spent more than a year and half with migrant farmworkers from Mexico for his book "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies."
UC Food Observer |

Reforming the food system is an issue of national security

World War I and II home front models could hold a key to creating a national food policy, writes Rose Hayden-Smith.
Sacramento Bee |

Some see Sacramento region as agriculture's Silicon Valley

The University of California system, including UC Davis and its World Food Center, is a key player in the burgeoning ag tech sector in Sacramento.
KQED |

Snacking in-between sidewalks: Mapping abundance of wild edibles in the Bay Area's food deserts

UC Berkeley professors Philip Stark and Tom Carlson are self-proclaimed botanical rubberneckers, looking for wild snacks that most people would call weeds.
Scientific American |

Quick DNA scans could ensure food is safe to eat

Foodborne illnesses and food fraud are common, but rapid DNA sequencing can reveal hidden dangers.
Los Angeles Times |

Can scientists engineer drought-tolerant plants?

As the California drought enters its fourth year, scientists — among them, UC Riverside's Sean Cutler — are trying to genetically engineer plants that survive on less water.
EcoWatch |

Farmers rewarded for practicing 'carbon farming'

UC Berkeley researchers are involved in a project to restore grassland soils and sequester carbon.
Grist |

Can urban foraging actually feed poor people?

A project at UC Berkeley is testing this idea.