Mark Bittman meets with UC Berkeley's Jennifer Sowerwine, who studies the cultural and ethnic dimensions of food security among Hmong farmers in the Central Valley. Together, they discuss the challenges facing these micro-farmers, and pick up produce at a Hmong stall at the Berkeley Farmers Market. 

UC Davis research provides first data to support California wine industry’s reuse of treated winery wastewater, and it describes recommended conditions for the practice, with key focus on salinity issues.

Study will examine the role of epigenetics in allowing plants to survive in drought conditions.

A quarter of the fish sampled at markets in California and Indonesia has consumed plastic or man-made fiber material.

The anticipated El Niño of 2015 could help farmers in California, but this climate phenomenon typically 'creates winners and losers on a global scale,' write UC Berkeley’s Solomon Hsiang and UC Santa Barbara's Kyle Meng.

UC Santa Cruz event has supported more than 150 ecological horticulture apprentices through scholarships and subsidized meal plans.

Venture out into the fields of Salinas with Mark Bittman as he interviews UC Berkeley's Brenda Eskenazi. She leads the CHAMACOS study, which follows children born between 2000-02 and assesses the impact of pesticides and other environmental chemicals (like flame retardants) on their long-term health.

UC Riverside geneticists are members of international research team that identified AG1, a gene that controls sugar availability.

Survey of wine executives to be reported Sept. 22; wine professionals also surveyed.

The Inuit and their Siberian ancestors have special genetic mutations that help them partly counteract the effects of a diet high in marine mammal fat — and most of us don't. 

Technology developed at UC Davis is giving growers tools to help irrigate more effectively during the California drought and beyond.

Mark Bittman explores the lush 30-acre farm at UC Santa Cruz — offering hands-on apprenticeship, research opportunities and produce since 1967.