UC Davis |
Food engineer named World Agriculture Prize laureate
UC Davis' R. Paul Singh is recognized for a lifetime of internationally renowned contributions to food engineering research, education, development, consulting and technology transfer.
UC Berkeley |
Environment takes big hit from water-intensive marijuana cultivation
Irrigation, pest control and garbage take heavy toll on drought-stressed watershed areas.
CNET |
Surplus food for the homeless is just an app away
Komal Ahmad became interested in food recovery while a student at UC Berkeley; now 25, she is CEO of Feeding Forward, which matches businesses that have surplus food with nearby homeless shelters.
UC Riverside |
Scientists find safe repellent that protects fruit from pesky pest
Pleasant-smelling chemical compound effectively wards off spotted wing Drosophila, lab experiments at UC Riverside show.
UC Food Observer |
Q&A with Pam Ronald, UC Davis plant geneticist
Ronald, who has emerged as one of the most effective advocates for genetic engineering and for science literacy, discusses her work and shares her insight on a range of topics.
Wired |
The genetic quest to make strawberries taste great again
Steve Knapp, new director of UC Davis’s six-decade-old Strawberry Breeding Program, is interviewed about breeding a better-tasting berry.
Ensia |
Commentary: Agroecology can help fix our broken food system
UC Berkeley food systems researcher Maywa Montenegro writes about agroecology, and how it can be part of the solution to fixing the food system.
UC Riverside |
UC Riverside launching B.S. in sustainability studies
Starting in fall 2015, interdisciplinary degree program will focus on social and environmental justice issues.
Civil Eats |
Amina Harris: You're tasting honey all wrong
A Q&A with the director of the Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis, creator of the Honey Flavor Wheel.
UC Davis |
Wild bees pollinate crops, but that's not why they should be conserved
Wild bee diversity is declining worldwide at unprecedented rates.
UC Irvine |
A third of world's biggest groundwater basins are in distress
Reserves are likely far smaller than previously thought, and some may have only decades left before running dry.
UC Santa Barbara |
From data to tomato
UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis and PowWow Energy receive funding from the California Energy Commission to deploy method to measure groundwater use and to help growers deal with state's water crisis.