UC Davis |
'Farmer-preneurs' improve crops in Southern Africa
A team of UC Davis grads, students and Zambian colleagues has built a company around simple technologies and practices that aid farmers in avoiding losses and growing more crops.
UC Merced |
UC Merced: Feeding the campus and community
UC Merced’s Food Pantry — a collaboration between the campus, Merced County Food Bank and USDA — provides food staples for qualified students, employees and community members in need of assistance.
ANR |
UC scientists to bury time capsule with letters to successors
Project part of May 26 celebration to commemorate 50th anniversary of UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier.
UC Berkeley |
Grocery shopping app for at-risk Oakland residents wins campus challenge
Snapily takes first place in CITRIS Mobile App Challenge at UC Berkeley, where students develop mobile apps for social impact.
UC Newsroom |
UC focuses on student food security
UC campuses this spring are surveying students to assess the scope of food security issues, implementing short-term relief where needed and exploring long-term solutions that address student nutrition — UC regents to discuss food security May 21.
UC San Diego |
Recipe for wellness
UC San Diego nutrition expert helps define national prescription for healthy diet.
UC Davis |
UC Davis plans joint research with Brazil
FAPESP, the São Paulo Research Foundation and UC Davis announced launch of new program to strengthen collaborative research in physical sciences, engineering, biomedical sciences and agriculture.
UC Riverside |
What you eat is how you feel
Free public talk at UC Riverside on May 21 to address nutrition's impact on immunity and health.
UC San Diego |
Serving up support for the hungry
UC San Diego Executive Chef Vaughn Vargus featured at 'Hail to the Chefs' food bank gala.
UC Berkeley |
Campus partnership addresses student food security
UC Berkeley's Food Security Committee has assembled a toolkit of resources — from a food pantry to emergency funds to tips on cooking on a budget — to help ensure that no student goes hungry.
UC Davis |
UC Davis-Mars Inc. team advances to finals of FDA Food Safety Challenge
The finalists were selected for potential breakthrough ideas on how to find disease-causing organisms in food – especially salmonella in fresh, minimally processed produce.
Brookings Institution |
Societal cost of obesity could exceed $1.1 trillion
UC President Janet Napolitano gave the keynote speech at an event about the economic costs of obesity co-sponsored by the Brookings Institution and UC Davis World Food Center.