UCLA |

UCLA students lead projects to feed the hungry on campus

UC Global Food Initiative student fellows at UCLA are leading a multipronged project to alleviate campus hunger and food waste.

UC Davis |

Protein-trapped sugar compounds nourish infant gut microbes

Milk is the only food that co-evolved with humans for our health.

UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley team to assess impacts of Oakland Unified's new lunch system

Oakland Unified is implementing a district-wide network of kitchens, local gardens and produce markets, as well as educational offerings that teach students where their food comes from. 

UC Riverside |

Spreading seeds by human migration

Researchers find corn grown in home and community gardens by immigrant farmers is more genetically diverse than what can be purchased commercially.

UC Newsroom |

Organic farm serves up life lessons for UC students

Field trip gives UC Global Food Initiative fellows a chance to get their hands dirty.

UC ANR |

UC Cooperative Extension takes community gardening to new level in Riverside

UC Cooperative Extension in Riverside County is bringing together students, agencies, nutrition educators and gardening experts to work alongside families to grow produce in garden plots at a community facility.

UC Davis |

UC Davis Olive Center shares expertise with Spain

Luis Vañó Prize goes to a research team at Spain’s University of Córdoba.

UC ANR |

WIC food improves preschool children's diet quality, UC study finds

Federal assistance program serves roughly 4 million children.

UC San Diego |

Higher levels of vitamin D correspond to lower cancer risk

Levels of 40 ng/ml or greater can make the disease as much as 67 percent less likely, UC San Diego researchers find.

UC Food Observer |

'From Cows to Concrete': New book provides history of ag in Los Angeles County

A Q&A with UC Cooperative Extension advisor Rachel Surls about urban agriculture in Los Angeles.

UC Merced |

How plants could adapt to changing climate

UC Merced botanists study plants in diverse habitats to peek into the future of California's crops.

UC Davis/UC ANR |

How one farmer's invention is reducing postharvest losses around the world

UC helps test CoolBot.