Blueberries and green beans in paper trays on a yellow checked tablecloth

Global Food Initiative

UC is working to address one of the critical issues of our time: How to sustainably and nutritiously feed a world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2025.

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Sustainable Agriculture Education Association
Sustainable Agriculture Education Association conference overview
UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, with support from the UC Global Food Initiative, hosted the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association national conference, highlighting hands-on educational efforts that bridge scientific and social issues.
List Grid
Wild pollinators such as bumblebees contribute to crop production.
Wild bees pollinate crops, but that's not why they should be conserved
Wild bee diversity is declining worldwide at unprecedented rates.
Lake Mead, Nevada
A third of world's biggest groundwater basins are in distress
Reserves are likely far smaller than previously thought, and some may have only decades left before running dry.
Some of the researchers invoved in the project are (l to r) Jason Worden (PowWow Energy); Rich Wolski (UCSB Department of Computer Science); Roland Geyer, (UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management); Chandra Krintz (UCSB Department of Compute
From data to tomato
UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis and PowWow Energy receive funding from the California Energy Commission to deploy method to measure groundwater use and to help growers deal with state's water crisis.