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.

$1 million endowment from Givaudan will allow for the creation of endowed chair position to support and maintain collection.

The Gates Foundation has aided in the distribution of "scuba rice," a variety developed by UC Davis and UC Riverside researchers that can withstand floods that would otherwise destroy crops.

This year’s Big Ideas student innovation contest features nine categories, including the newly extended Energy & Resource Alternatives category, sponsored by the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative.