Food scraps from UC Irvine's dining halls used to be sent to landfills but now get recycled into a potent fuel that helps power engines at a water treatment plant.

The UC Global Food Initiative and UC Center Sacramento host the first of a three-part seminar series on food and agriculture.

A UC Berkeley project led by associate professor of public health Colette Auerswald explores food instability among formerly homeless youth in San Francisco.

UC San Diego's Keith Pezzoli said his MetroLab project involves sending students in his food justice class to urban neighborhoods to investigate suitable sites for temporary community gardens.

The new AgTech Accelerator will get ideas for new companies and expert advice from various universities, including UC Davis.

The story notes that schools including UCLA, UC Berkeley and Harvard University have added food law departments or classes.

The UC Davis Strawberry Breeding Program has been averaging one new variety per year since 1968 that it will produce and make available for sale to commercial growers.

The University of California Global Food Initiative addresses one of the critical issues of our time: how to sustainably and nutritiously feed a growing world population.

A UC San Diego lecture explains why these are the best medicine.

UCSF health policy professor Laura Schmidt comments on the impact of soda taxes on low-income communities of color.

Food and farmers markets were the focus of UC Merced’s annual celebration of the planet.


 

The U.S. is battling citrus greening, and two scientists from UC Davis are on the case, trying to figure out how to address citrus greening through genetic engineering.