UC Davis Student Farm Director Mark Van Horn and some of his students last year, from left, Alexis Fujii, Mary Laurie and Abraham Cazares.
UC Newsroom |

Student farming takes root

UC Davis Student Farm Director Mark Van Horn offers insights.

A group of UC Davis students is breeding a “jalapeño popper,” a cross between a bell pepper and a jalapeño pepper. Two members of the team, Randi Jimenez and Wengyuan Xiao, examine their crop at the Student Farm.
UC Davis |

Students breeding a better organic popper pepper

UC Davis student-run project has become a model for other programs.

UC Riverside bacteria wild bees
UC Riverside |

Flowers critical link to bacteria transmission in wild bees

Research shows for the first time that multiple flower and wild bee species share several of the same types of bacteria.

Former NFL defensive end Kalimba Edwards traded a mansion for a tent cabin on the UC Santa Cruz Farm where he is an apprentice in the ecologial horticulture program.
UC Santa Cruz |

Football, farming and food security

Former NFL player and current UC Santa Cruz farm apprentice tackles new cause: how to feed the world sustainably.

Aerial image showing farming in California's Imperial Valley.
UC Riverside |

Helping farmers improve air quality

Researchers receive grant to study ways of reducing fertilizer use in high temperature agricultural regions.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture at UC Santa Cruz, now in its 50th year, the longest running university-based organic farming and gardening training program in the U.S.
UC Santa Cruz |

Organic farming and garden training program accepts applications in 50th year

UC Santa Cruz apprenticeship is longest running program of its kind in U.S.

UC Riverside wastewater
UC Riverside |

Helping the state cope with drought using wastewater

A new economic model shows how treatment processes may create a viable, affordable water supply for crops.

UC ANR mosquito
UC ANR |

UC leads Zika carrier research

Scientists aren't waiting for the first breakout to ready the state against disease.

UC Davis nitrogen
UC Davis |

How California can balance nitrogen's benefits and harm

First-of-its-kind UC Davis study of nitrate pollution offers path to reconcile agriculture and the environment.

UC Davis sunflower rows
UC Davis |

Why sunflowers move like clockwork

Scientists discover new hormonal mechanisms in the sun-worshipping plant.

A music video created by David Robles, a Global Food Initiative Fellow, about how students create community through farming and food systems, was screened at the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association conference.
UC Santa Cruz |

Advocates for social and food justice

UC Santa Cruz students show how agriculture and food systems can build community.

Conference particpants got out into the fields of local farms and ranches including the UC Santa Cruz Farm.
UC Santa Cruz |

National conference marks 10 years of growth in sustainable agriculture education

UC Santa Cruz hosts meeting of sustainable ag educators with focus on 'The Ecology of Food Systems.'

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