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$6.3M will help UC Riverside save America’s avocado orchards
December 17, 2020
Scientists to take on the imposing threats of incurable fungus, root rot and salinity.
California farmworkers hit hard by COVID-19, study finds
December 4, 2020
UC Berkeley researchers are conducting the first long-term study into the risk factors for, and prevalence of, COVID-19 in farmworker communities.
Can eating mangoes reduce women’s facial wrinkles?
December 3, 2020
A pilot study shows eating mangoes — but not too many mangoes — may have promising results.
A Zoom-friendly idea for Thanksgiving
November 19, 2020
Impress your family from afar — and your friends on Instagram — with this holiday superfood.
Serve your community at your Thanksgiving table
November 19, 2020
Six ways to bring deeper meaning to your meal by supporting farmers, farmworkers and the planet.
This diet is popular — but it doesn’t work
September 30, 2020
Research shows intermittent fasting is not effective on its own for weight loss.
UC to ditch single-use plastics
August 24, 2020
The University of California is taking a stand against the throwaway culture that is choking our oceans and landfills with single-use plastics.
New engineering research center to focus on agriculture technology
August 5, 2020
UC Merced joins three other campuses to sustainably meet the challenge of boosting global food production by 70 percent by 2050.
Chinese fishing boats took half a billion dollars of illegal squid from North Korea. Scientists used satellites to catch them out
July 23, 2020
Satellite technology and machine learning are helping track down illegal and environmentally damaging ‘dark fleets’ of fishing boats.
The next trend in food: Edible insects?
July 9, 2020
A lot of people think you should be eating more insects.