Nearly $1.6M grant will allow UC Riverside researchers to continue long history of developing better cowpea varieties.
Scientists receive grant to sequence cowpea genome
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Interdisciplinary minors energize learning and enhance job prospects
The list of such minors as food studies is growing in popularity at UCLA.
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.
California orange growers worry about disease that kills trees
Research is being done at UC Riversideto try to combat citrus greening disease.
Invasive superweed is target of new nationwide research effort
UC Cooperative Extension's Jeff Dahlberg part of team finding new ways to combat Johnsongrass.
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.
Explore the future of food
UCLA's popular 'Science and Food' events return for fourth year, starting March 8.