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.

Africanized bees are continuing to expand their range northward since their introduction into Southern California in 1994.

This year's crop is shaping up to be 50 percent or more empty shells. UC Cooperative Extension and other experts are trying to help growers adapt to conditions that make this happen.

Serving the community with compost, seeds and hard work.

Berkeley pioneer of the farm-to-table movement Alice Waters received the National Humanities Medal at the White House.

UCLA senior creates sustainable farm projects to help children with disabilities in Togo, West Africa.

Barn to house teaching, office, event space and headquarters for the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz.

Researchers at UC Merced are turning to an unlikely ally to help solve the problem of water availability for California’s farmlands: the sun.  

UC Davis researchers are encouraged by early results from tests to see if deliberately flooding farmland in winter can replenish aquifers without harming crops or affecting drinking water.

UC is conducting case studies of selected California schools to evaluate the effects of a USDA grants program; farm-to-school tours show firsthand the benefits and challenges of providing farm-fresh produce to students.