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.

Conservation aquaculture could bring more native oysters to plates and estuaries along the west coast.

Desalination can help meet growing water needs globally, but current techniques are limited. A new approach holds promise.

Scientists have discovered genetic data that will help food crops like tomatoes and rice survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet.

A new study finds hundreds of public water systems are out of compliance, but points to solutions the state (and nation) can pursue.