UC Riverside |

Scientists receive grant to sequence cowpea genome

Nearly $1.6M grant will allow UC Riverside researchers to continue long history of developing better cowpea varieties.

Merced Sun-Star |

Food sustainability and diversity are topics of UC Merced lectures

Fedele Bauccio, CEO and co-founder of the Palo Alto-based Bon Appétit Management Co. visits the campus as part of UC Merced's Sustainability Speaker Series.

 

UC Food Observer |

Q&A with Michael Roberts

The Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law is addressing key gaps, its founding executive director says.

UC Davis |

UC Davis and Europe's leading agricultural university join forces on food

UC Davis and Wageningen University sign food research and academic exchange pact; UC President Janet Napolitano to sign a separate UC-wide agreement on student exchanges with the Netherlands delegation.

UC Newsroom |

Learning from the ground up

From well-established farms to a crop of new gardens, courses and programs, UC offers experiential learning opportunities to students at all levels.

UC ANR |

Californians encouraged to check citrus trees for Asian citrus psyllid

The pests can spread huanglongbing disease, a serious threat to the citrus industry and backyard citrus trees.

UCLA |

Interdisciplinary minors energize learning and enhance job prospects

The list of such minors as food studies is growing in popularity at UCLA.

San Francisco Chronicle |

Copia, Food Runners recover leftovers to feed the hungry

Komal Ahmad was a UC Berkeley undergrad when she encountered a homeless man begging for food; five years later, Ahmad is leading Copia, a company seeking to apply a Silicon Valley playbook to food recovery.

Fresno Bee |

California orange growers worry about disease that kills trees

Research is being done at UC Riversideto try to combat citrus greening disease.

UC ANR |

Invasive superweed is target of new nationwide research effort

UC Cooperative Extension's Jeff Dahlberg part of team finding new ways to combat Johnsongrass.

UC Davis |

Sushi project mixes salmon and rice fields on floodplain

Experiment, in fifth year, points to water policy solutions to support both salmon recovery and agriculture.

UCLA |

Explore the future of food

UCLA's popular 'Science and Food' events return for fourth year, starting March 8.