In 'Lentil Underground,' Liz Carlisle (a Michael Pollan protege and fellow at UC Berkeley’s Center for Diversified Farming Systems) elevates the oft-ignored legume to heroic game-changer.

It may not improve your cooking, but it could reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments of biotech.

Pie-shaped garden helps educate kids about healthy food choices.

UC Irvine homecoming festival will feature special Anteater Ale, created by alum, in celebration of the campus’s 50th anniversary.

UC Davis is developing a robotic cultivator to control weeds more effectively, affordably and sustainably.

UC Santa Barbara hosts inaugural California Higher Education Food Summit on food insecurity.

UC San Diego alumni help lead San Diego’s growing microbrew industry.

Owners of backyard chickens who observe illness or increased mortality in their birds should call their veterinarian or the California Department of Food Agriculture.

DNA analysis of corn cobs dating back over 4,000 years helps determine that maize moved into the Southwest via highland and low coastal routes.

University chefs cook up a storm at Pacific Chef Net 2015.

A symposium exploring discovery, innovation and collaboration in food, agriculture and health marked the launch of the Innovation Institute for Food and Health at UC Davis, a partnership with Mars Inc.

Ann Noble taught enology at UC Davis for nearly 30 years. Many of her pupils now are among the best winemakers in the U.S.