ANR |

Growing a healthier pizza

Pie-shaped garden helps educate kids about healthy food choices.
UC Irvine |

A golden example

UC Irvine homecoming festival will feature special Anteater Ale, created by alum, in celebration of the campus’s 50th anniversary.
UC Davis |

A faster, more accurate robotic cultivator

UC Davis is developing a robotic cultivator to control weeds more effectively, affordably and sustainably.
UC Santa Barbara and UC Newsroom |

Food justice at the forefront

UC Santa Barbara hosts inaugural California Higher Education Food Summit on food insecurity.
UC San Diego |

Brewing up an industry

UC San Diego alumni help lead San Diego’s growing microbrew industry.
UC Davis |

California chickens at increased risk for severe 'bird flu' strain

Owners of backyard chickens who observe illness or increased mortality in their birds should call their veterinarian or the California Department of Food Agriculture.
UC Davis |

Study tracks the evolution of maize in the Southwest

DNA analysis of corn cobs dating back over 4,000 years helps determine that maize moved into the Southwest via highland and low coastal routes.
UC Santa Barbara |

A gathering of top chefs

University chefs cook up a storm at Pacific Chef Net 2015.
Sacramento Bee |

UC Davis launches food institute

A symposium exploring discovery, innovation and collaboration in food, agriculture and health marked the launch of the Innovation Institute for Food and Health at UC Davis, a partnership with Mars Inc.
Food & Wine |

How professor Ann Noble inspired a generation of female winemakers

Ann Noble taught enology at UC Davis for nearly 30 years. Many of her pupils now are among the best winemakers in the U.S.
New York Times |

Working the land and the data

Ann Thrupp, executive director of the Berkeley Food Institute — a policy and technology research institute at UC Berkeley — weighs in on technology on the farm.
Civil Eats |

Foragers’ delight: Can wild foods make city dwellers healthier?

UC Berkeley ethnobotanist Tom Carlson and statistician Philip Stark are studying urban foraging in the East Bay.