Scientists and engineers are coming up with creative drought solutions -- UC Merced's Roger Bales and UC Davis' Toby O’Geen and Thomas Harter are quoted.
Hacking the drought
Cultivating a garden -- and food security -- in Watsonville
UC Santa Cruz students gain valuable experience in campus-community partnership.
UC Davis cracks the walnut genome
The information should accelerate the rate of breeding and variety improvement in walnuts and help breeders select for desired traits such as insect and disease resistance, and drought tolerance.
Op-ed: A secret weapon to fight climate change: dirt
UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan co-authors this piece about the critical links between climate change and agriculture.
UCLA serves up food studies minor
Beginning next quarter, UCLA will offer a food studies minor to allow students to explore food distribution and access, among other ways food influences science, history and society.
Hospital cafes embrace locavore movement
Farm-to-cafeteria movement is in full swing at UC San Diego Health.
New organic plant breeding effort sprouting at UC Davis
Effort will provide California growers with seeds for tomato, bean, pepper and other crop varieties.
Internships support new concentration in agroecology and sustainable food systems
UC Santa Cruz environmental studies majors gain hands-on experience working on the campus farm and garden.
Vending machine healthy options outsell junk food
A new UCLA study of vending machines suggests people will chose healthy options when they have the chance.
Locavore or vegetarian? What's the best way to reduce climate impact of food?
An enlightened consumer can help achieve meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly for the case of food.
Foodie culture is spurring degree programs at U.S. colleges
An estimated 30 U.S. colleges and universities have formal interdisciplinary food studies programs that offer degrees or minors. New ones opened this fall at UC Berkeley, the University of the Pacific and Syracuse University.
Feeding Forward: Using tech to help feed the hungry
UC Berkeley alum Komal Ahmad, CEO of Feeding Forward, founded the company after a life-changing encounter with a homeless veteran.