Imagine a community center that’s not your typical chunk of cinderblock — instead it’s an architecturally avant garde space where neighbors gather to grow, cook and eat food.
Architectural students reinvent the community center
UC scientists test a clever and inexpensive way to capture El Niño rains
Researchers from UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension are testing a new method for capturing water by diverting it from rivers into Central Valley canals.
Novel way to boost the body's supply of a 'good fat'
How law schools can improve food system inequities
As part of UC Global Food Initiative, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law has released a report on the opportunity for law schools within UC and across the country to more visibly and holistically address food system injustices.
Pistachio industry gives $1M for applied research
UC will create two endowed chairs to address tree nut challenges.
Big Ideas deadline approaches
Preproposals are due Nov. 12 for UC student innovation contest.
For UCD prof, organic, GE farming can coexist
UC Food Observer Rose Hayden-Smith talks with Pamela Ronald about farming methods that enhance sustainable agriculture.
Banking on food
Free pantry staves off hunger among needy UC Irvine students.
Food for thought
UC Irvine provides a full menu of events, activities encouraging new approaches to sustainable nourishment.
The research that's changing U.S. food policy
UC research is helping uncover answers to the nation’s obesity epidemic and other thorny food-related issues.
Does healthier food help low-income people control their diabetes?
Researchers find better management of diabetes through nutrition food and education supplied by food pantries.
Commentary: Let's cultivate our soils wisely
UC Davis instructor Jeff Mitchell co-authors this piece about the critical role that soils have in agriculture and the economy of the Central Valley.