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.

List Grid

Invasive superweed is target of new nationwide research effort

UC Cooperative Extension's Jeff Dahlberg part of team finding new ways to combat Johnsongrass.

Juvenile salmon feast on bugs in enclosed areas of the Yolo Bypass during a 2014 experiment in a flooded rice field. The experiment in 2016 is in its fifth year.

Sushi project mixes salmon and rice fields on floodplain

Experiment, in fifth year, points to water policy solutions to support both salmon recovery and agriculture.

Amy Rowat teaches a popular UCLA course called “The Physical and Molecular Origins of What We Eat.”

Explore the future of food

UCLA's popular 'Science and Food' events return for fourth year, starting March 8.