UCLA |

Healthy Campus Initiative to honor students, staff at inaugural celebration

More than a dozen UCLA staff members, students and faculty will be honored on April 30 at the inaugural UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative Symposium.
UC Davis |

UC Davis opens Life Sciences Innovation Center in Chile

The center’s long-term goal is to support research, development and economic competitiveness in Chile and California with a focus on the agricultural industry, including plant breeding, postharvest and climate-change technologies.
UC Newsroom |

UC students tour peach farm, meet with President Napolitano

UC Global Food Initiative student fellows gathered near Fresno to dig into the soil, thin fruiting peach trees and discuss the initiative with UC President Janet Napolitano.
UC Irvine |

National conference opens flow of ideas on drought

Top researchers, public officials and policymakers converge at UC Irvine to discuss extreme water shortages and how to handle them.
UC Berkeley |

Big Ideas@Berkeley announces Grand Prize Pitch Day finalists

Six of the most inspiring and promising teams in the student innovation contest, which this year added a food system innovations category, will pitch their projects to a panel of distinguished judges with the aim of receiving up to $5,000 in additional seed funding. The teams are addressing issues including culturally based urban gardening.
UC Santa Barbara |

Tackling food insecurity

Faculty, students, staff and area residents gather at UC Santa Barbara for group brainstorming and discussion of food security on and around campus.
UC San Francisco |

Diet soda and belly fat: a growing concern

A growing body of evidence is showing that it might not just be added sugar, but also artificial sweeteners, that are contributing to the rapidly rising rates of obesity and diabetes in America.
UC Davis |

Crickets aren't the miracle source of protein

The insects pack a protein punch, but may not be the 'wonder food' in terms of sustainable cultivation.
UC Santa Barbara |

Joining forces for food justice

UC Santa Barbara students and staff collaborate on a series of forums about food security; upcoming event to focus on food goals for campus.
UC Davis |

Art that sold California's agriculture

With all the ways to tell the story of California agriculture, few are as picturesque as one collection in the UC Davis University Library.
UC Riverside |

From farm to home

UC Riverside's FarmShare kicks off with a strong start.
UC San Francisco |

Student projects get creative to encourage healthy eating

Two UCSF students join UC Global Food Initiative's mission to feed the world nutritiously, sustainably.