The Organic Center |

Q&A with Claire Kremen, UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley's Claire Kremen discusses biodiversity and organic farming.
San Francisco Chronicle |

They can pickle that: UC now has a master food preserver program

Beginning March 21, UC Cooperative Extension will offer the second session of its Master Food Preserver volunteer program (its first class graduated this past fall).
Los Angeles Times |

What do health experts see in our near future?

What's in store for your health in the next five years? Doctors, authors, researchers and more weigh in, including UCSF's Robert Lustig and Marion Nestle, visiting journalism professor at UC Berkeley.
UC Office of the President |

UC launches food blog

The blog called, UC Food Observer, is a daily selection of must-read news on food policy, nutrition, agriculture and more.
Fast Company |

Why the world's Salad Bowl wants to go high tech

Agricultural producers in the Salinas Valley are working to rely less on people and more on technology. UC Davis agricultural economist J. Edward Taylor is quoted.
Sacramento Bee |

Mead is creating a buzz at UC Davis

Where else to study mead but UC Davis? It’s already got a winery and brewery. It may soon get itself to a meadery.
San Francisco Chronicle |

'Lentil Underground,' by Liz Carlisle

In 'Lentil Underground,' Liz Carlisle (a Michael Pollan protege and fellow at UC Berkeley’s Center for Diversified Farming Systems) elevates the oft-ignored legume to heroic game-changer.
Sacramento Bee |

UC Davis launches food institute

A symposium exploring discovery, innovation and collaboration in food, agriculture and health marked the launch of the Innovation Institute for Food and Health at UC Davis, a partnership with Mars Inc.
Food & Wine |

How professor Ann Noble inspired a generation of female winemakers

Ann Noble taught enology at UC Davis for nearly 30 years. Many of her pupils now are among the best winemakers in the U.S.
New York Times |

Working the land and the data

Ann Thrupp, executive director of the Berkeley Food Institute — a policy and technology research institute at UC Berkeley — weighs in on technology on the farm.
Civil Eats |

Foragers’ delight: Can wild foods make city dwellers healthier?

UC Berkeley ethnobotanist Tom Carlson and statistician Philip Stark are studying urban foraging in the East Bay.
NPR |

Debate: Should we genetically modify food?

UC Davis genomics researcher Alison Van Eenennaam argues that genetically modified foods have increased farmers' yields and profits around the world.