Back to the Roots co-founders Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez started the company while UC Berkeley seniors as the outgrowth of a fraternity kitchen experiment.

Nutrient-rich runoff from land takes a toll on fish nurseries in coastal estuaries and subsequently on commercial fisheries.

Several UC Riverside researchers to attend 2nd annual GrowRIVERSIDE Conference, June 11-13.

The UC series plunges into an array of food-related issues, beginning with urban foraging and wild edibles.

Dandelion, anyone? 'Mark Bittman: California Matters' premieres with a look at urban foraging and the nutritional value of wild edibles.

With support from the UC Global Food Initiative, this year’s CITRIS Mobile App Challenge added a new dimension: finding ways to nutritiously and sustainably feed people.

California farmers are under fire because agriculture uses the majority of the state's water. But some avocado farmers are cutting back by employing new techniques.

Program targets high-need schools, such as those in lower-income neighborhoods and those with a greater percentage of students on subsidized lunch programs.

The first official food distribution of the mobile R’Food Pantry at UC Riverside, an initiative started by students with support from the UC Global Food Initiative, began May 27.

More than 90 percent of the United States can eat food grown or raised within 100 miles of their homes — a boon for nutrition, the economy and sustainable agriculture.

Julie Guthman, whose research looks at agricultural systems, food justice issues and environmental health, has been selected to receive the 2015 Excellence in Research Award from the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society.

Health sciences campus — which has done considerable research on the dangers of sugar — will focus sales on zero-calorie and nutritious drinks.