Opinion: Universities and the higher education they deliver are essential for enabling discovery of new knowledge and translating this into needed innovation.

Americans are demanding spicy food now more than ever, and it’s getting the attention of food manufacturers, industry analysts and researchers.

The award-winning journalist, author and UC Berkeley professor talks about California's drought, food politics and what institutions can do to encourage change.

Daniel Sumner, director of the Agricultural Issues Center at UC Davis, says dealing with the immigrant workforce is a priority for California agriculture.

UC researchers to use a nearly $2 million grant for childhood obesity prevention in San Francisco Unified School District.

Several UC experts are quoted in this story about the drought's impact on agriculture, including Jay Lund, Richard Walker, Doug Parker and Kurt Schwabe.

Forum focuses on labor, power, policy and other issues around food.

Farmers, conservationists and scientists met for the CalCAN Climate and Agriculture Summit at UC Davis to tackle the dilemmas that face California farmers.

Free public lectures at UC Riverside will cover cowpea research, sustainable food and nutrition's impact on health; first talk to focus on feeding Botswana.

Ocean ecosystems that experience rapid upheaval because of climate change can take thousands of years to recover.

UC Davis' Pamela Ronald helped find the key to disease- and flood-resistant rice. Her next goal? How to feed the world's growing population without further destroying the environment.

Farmers get a buzz from growing specialty crop.