UC Davis |

GMO food animals should be judged by product, not process, scientists say

Paper makes the case for a new approach to regulating food products from animals developed using modern biotechnologies.

UC Davis |

Pastured Poultry Farm to explore solutions for small chicken farms

UC Davis farm is home to 150 young laying chickens and a living lab where students and researchers hope to develop solutions benefiting pasture-based poultry farms, integrative crop-and-poultry farms, and backyard flocks.

UC Newsroom |

Faculty honored for contributions to UC initiatives

Leadership award winners are influencers in diversity, entrepreneurialsm, sustainability and other key issues.

UC Davis |

Food, ag and health summit to feature app hackathon

UC Davis will host a series of events Dec. 1-3.

San Diego Union-Tribune |

To feed a planet

A Q&A with UC San Diego researcher Jennifer Burney.

California Magazine |

Architectural students reinvent the community center

Imagine a community center that’s not your typical chunk of cinderblock — instead it’s an architecturally avant garde space where neighbors gather to grow, cook and eat food.

San Francisco Chronicle |

UC scientists test a clever and inexpensive way to capture El Niño rains

Researchers from UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension are testing a new method for capturing water by diverting it from rivers into Central Valley canals.

Science Today |

Novel way to boost the body's supply of a 'good fat'

UCLA |

How law schools can improve food system inequities

As part of UC Global Food Initiative, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law has released a report on  the opportunity for law schools within UC and across the country to more visibly and holistically address food system injustices.

Western Farm Press |

Pistachio industry gives $1M for applied research

UC will create two endowed chairs to address tree nut challenges.

Blum Center |

Big Ideas deadline approaches

Preproposals are due Nov. 12 for UC student innovation contest.

Davis Enterprise |

For UCD prof, organic, GE farming can coexist

UC Food Observer Rose Hayden-Smith talks with Pamela Ronald about farming methods that enhance sustainable agriculture.