You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they also could improve the health care system and even benefit the planet. Healthier people mean not only less disease but also reduced greenhouse gas emissions from health care.

How can 50 million Americans not know where their next meal is coming from while 40 percent of food gets wasted?

UC Santa Barbara is investing in the innovation pipeline that has yielded breakthrough startups like Apeel Sciences.

Climate-tracking tools help predict drought and mitigate its effects.

Fast phenotyping may be the next frontier.

UC now works with Code for America to streamline the online CalFresh application process.

UC Merced aims to poise today’s students at the leading edge of the nexus of food, energy and water.

The technology — developed at UC Santa Cruz — could help change the way we eat.

How to optimize health in the first two years of a child's life.

The produce industry doesn't want to be subsidized; it wants help with infrastructure to do its job better, UC ANR Vice President Glenda Humiston said.

This story highlights efforts by UC and its Global Food Initiative to increase sustainable dining on its campuses.

Grant will help develop a set of interventions for poverty and drought.