The Engineers Without Borders club at UC Irvine has started an aquaponics project with Pacifica High School in Garden Grove.
A peek into the mysterious art of citrus flavoring
Givaudan, the largest manufacturer of flavorings and fragrances in the world, uses UC Riverside's Citrus Variety Collection for inspiration and creating new flavors for its clients.
In search of ag's next great apps
This story, which quotes Josette Lewis of UC Davis, highlights how UC Davis and the UC Global Food Initiative are helping to bridge the gap between the ag industry and tech sector.
A synthetic implant that can produce energy-burning 'good' fat
Can we change the microbiome of the UC system?
UCSF’s new Healthy Beverage Initiative, which has phased out the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages at UCSF, is setting an example for efforts to improve health throughout UC and beyond.
Doctor fighting S.F. diabetes epidemic backs soda tax
After failing in 2014, a soda tax will be back on the San Francisco ballot in November, and a morning at the hospital with UCSF Dr. Dean Schillinger demonstrates why he’s such a believer.
Rosemary could be the reason these Italian villagers live for so long
Researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Rome La Sapienza are joining forces to find out why residents of a remote Italian village live for so long.
Commentary: Urban farms can help feed the hungry
UC ANR advisor Rachel Surls, who recently led a study on urban farmers in California, writes about how urban agriculture can help improve food security.
Food sustainability and diversity are topics of UC Merced lectures
Fedele Bauccio, CEO and co-founder of the Palo Alto-based Bon Appétit Management Co. visits the campus as part of UC Merced's Sustainability Speaker Series.
Copia, Food Runners recover leftovers to feed the hungry
Komal Ahmad was a UC Berkeley undergrad when she encountered a homeless man begging for food; five years later, Ahmad is leading Copia, a company seeking to apply a Silicon Valley playbook to food recovery.
California orange growers worry about disease that kills trees
Research is being done at UC Riversideto try to combat citrus greening disease.
Science has found a brilliant new use for your kitchen scraps
It turns out, dumping compost on grasslands can do a surprising amount for the planet, according to research from Whendee Silver of UC Berkeley.