UC Irvine professor David Feldman and some colleagues have taken several trips to Australia in recent years, trying to figure out drought lessons from Australia that could help California.
How clean is your spinach?
Mom was right about washing the greens: Researchers believe peaks and valleys in leaves could be key to numerous bacterial outbreaks involving leafy green vegetables.
Agricultural intervention improves HIV outcomes
Helping HIV positive Kenyans improve farming practices counters hunger.
Drought costs California agriculture $1.8B, 10,100 jobs in 2015
The drought is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing about 30 percent more workers and cropland out of production than in 2014, according to the latest drought impact report by UC Davis.
UC Berkeley now offers a minor in the study of food systems
Beginning this fall, UC Berkeley students interested in studying how the food system works can now obtain a minor in it.
The next drought: Water officials endorse a 'less is more' strategy for the future
Those who study and manage water in California are focused not on the current epic drought, but on better preparing the state for the next drought; UC is mentioned.
Meet Alan Chadwick, the high priest of hippie horticulture
UC Santa Cruz biodynamic pioneer Alan Chadwick turned America on to radical growing methods — influencing everyone from Alice Waters to winemakers Fetzer and Frey.
Oyster farmers worried as climate change lowers ocean pH
Hog Island Oyster Co. in Marshall has been collaborating with UC Davis’ Bodega Marine Laboratory to better understand ocean acidification's effect on Tomales Bay aquaculture.
In photos: California farmers versus the Delta smelt
VICE News investigates the war between the Delta smelt and California's farmers, highlighting Delta smelt breeding at the UC Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory.
Fifth annual Farm to Fork Benefit Dinner opens new Cowell Ranch Hay Barn
The dinner is the inaugural public event inside the newly completed barn that is becoming the headquarters of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
UC ANR's new vice president shares vision
Glenda Humiston said she will look for ways to expand economic opportunities for farming industries and increase the number of advisors and specialists in UC Cooperative Extension.
UC Davis seeks to turn little water into wine
In our fourth year of drought, the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology shows off its latest attempts to make sure student-produced wine remains both delicious and water conscious.