A sweet may sound like a treat, but a steady diet of them also may impair recovery from mental deficits after head trauma.
UC president’s whirlwind Merced visit covers many bases
Third campus visit touches on affordability, sustainability and outreach to local high-schoolers.
3-D printing could help save avocado and landscape trees
Technology has greatly accelerated research on an ambrosia beetle that is damaging trees in Southern California.
The changing faces of California agriculture
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.
Winery wastewater a viable water source for vineyards
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.
Sorghum is focus of $12.3M study of crop drought tolerance
Study will examine the role of epigenetics in allowing plants to survive in drought conditions.
A quarter of fish sold at markets contain man-made debris
A quarter of the fish sampled at markets in California and Indonesia has consumed plastic or man-made fiber material.
El Nino: a global weather event that may save California — and destroy the tropics
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.
Annual Farm to Fork event honors past and future farmers
UC Santa Cruz event has supported more than 150 ecological horticulture apprentices through scholarships and subsidized meal plans.
A watchful eye on farm families’ health
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.
Secret unlocked to rice seed survival when underwater
UC Riverside geneticists are members of international research team that identified AG1, a gene that controls sugar availability.
Premium-minded consumers split wine market, wine execs say
Survey of wine executives to be reported Sept. 22; wine professionals also surveyed.