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.
UC Davis |

Vaccine field trials for deadly 'foothill abortion' cattle disease expand

Thanks in part to researchers at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, cattle ranchers are one step closer to having a vaccine available to treat a tick-borne bacterial disease that kills cow fetuses.
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz updates instructor's manual for teaching small farm direct marketing

The new edition of Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability: Resources for Instructors draws on nearly 50 years of experience teaching these skills to beginning organic farmers and gardeners at the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden Apprenticeship.
UC Berkeley |

Soil depletion threatens global food security

If trajectory does not change, soil erosion, combined with effects of climate change, will present huge risk to global food security over next century, soil scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Merced warn.