UC Berkeley's Millet Project is geared toward “rediscovering the traditions of cultivating millets and further reintroducing them into our diet.”

A UC Davis research winery will be upgrading its existing rainwater capture system this winter, which should provide all the water for the winery's needs.

UC Berkeley findings come nearly a year after Berkeley voters approved an excise tax of one cent per ounce on sugary drinks.

A sweet may sound like a treat, but a steady diet of them also may impair recovery from mental deficits after head trauma.

Third campus visit touches on affordability, sustainability and outreach to local high-schoolers.

Technology has greatly accelerated research on an ambrosia beetle that is damaging trees in Southern California.

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.