Global Food Initiative

Last year’s drought cost the ag industry more than $1 billion, thousands of jobs, new analysis shows

UC Merced

March 3, 2022

Crops most affected by increased fallowing include rice, cotton, grain and field crops.

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.

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David Jablons, chief of thoracic surgery at UCSF Medical Center, sells his cheeses at the San Francisco Ferry Building farmers market on weekends.

Physician-farmer finds niche making cheese

UCSF Dr. David Jablons builds cheese-making business with wife.

GMO food animals should be judged by product, not process, scientists say

Paper makes the case for a new approach to regulating food products from animals developed using modern biotechnologies.

Pastured Poultry Farm to explore solutions for small chicken farms

UC Davis farm is home to 150 young laying chickens and a living lab where students and researchers hope to develop solutions benefiting pasture-based poultry farms, integrative crop-and-poultry farms, and backyard flocks.