UC Davis Science Policy and Communication Group |
UC Davis: Where do farmers get their seeds?
As part of a UC Global Food Initiative project to communicate agricultural science, UC Davis grad students and postdocs produced this video to help explain why farmers may choose to buy new seeds every year rather than save seeds.
UC Santa Barbara |
An appetite for food reform
First group of UC Global Food Initiative fellows at UC Santa Barbara is studying food waste on campus, food insecurity among students.
Heritage Radio Network |
Hunger and food insecurity in the LGBT community
The Williams Institute at UCLA Law co-sponsored an event with leaders in New York City on hunger in the LGBT community; listen to the conversation.
San Francisco Chronicle |
Back to the Roots expands, raises $2 million from luminaries
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.
UC Santa Cruz |
Dwindling fish linked to excess nutrients
Nutrient-rich runoff from land takes a toll on fish nurseries in coastal estuaries and subsequently on commercial fisheries.
UC Riverside |
Conference seeks to strengthen local food and urban agriculture infrastructure
Several UC Riverside researchers to attend 2nd annual GrowRIVERSIDE Conference, June 11-13.
KQED Bay Area Bites |
California Matters: Mark Bittman's online video series premieres
The UC series plunges into an array of food-related issues, beginning with urban foraging and wild edibles.
University of California |
Mark Bittman: California Matters premieres
Dandelion, anyone? 'Mark Bittman: California Matters' premieres with a look at urban foraging and the nutritional value of wild edibles.
UC Newsroom |
Students design mobile apps with social flavor
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.
NPR |
Avocado farmers boost yields with new growing method
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.
UC Berkeley |
Actively engaging in Healthy Schools Program linked to reduced student obesity
Program targets high-need schools, such as those in lower-income neighborhoods and those with a greater percentage of students on subsidized lunch programs.
Highlander |
UC Riverside takes steps to end food insecurity among students
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.