Agricultural area residents in danger of inhaling toxic aerosols
February 6, 2020
Overuse of selenium-heavy fertilizers creates airborne, lung-damaging particles.
UC launches first-ever organic research institute, with a hand from Clif Bar
January 30, 2020
The California Organic Institute will accelerate the development and adoption of effective farming tools and practices.
DDT linked to higher risk of diabetes among Asian Indian immigrants to U.S.
November 21, 2019
Prior exposure to the notorious pollutant may explain the population's higher rate of Type 2 diabetes.
California’s working landscape generates $333 billion in sales, 1.5 million jobs
November 18, 2019
A new analysis shows agriculture and natural resources are key to the state's economic vitality.
75 percent of Florida's oranges have been lost to disease. Can science save citrus?
August 29, 2019
Farmers and researchers try to hold off a deadly citrus greening that's now reached California long enough to find a cure.
UC Davis and USAID launch new research program to study rural poverty worldwide
July 31, 2019
The effort aims to find solutions to root causes of poverty and food insecurity.
Looming insect invasion threatens California wine and avocados
July 11, 2019
UC Riverside plans a tiny wasp counterattack.
Usurp the burp: How seaweed can help curb cow burps (and their emissions)
April 18, 2019
UC agricultural and marine scientists fight one of the state's biggest sources of methane: cow burps.
Heat waves in California can be predicted by thunderstorms in the tropics
April 17, 2019
Advance notice of heat waves could help protect the agricultural riches of the Central Valley.