UC Santa Cruz — 'the Mothership' of organic agriculture — has much to offer UC's ambitious Global Food Initiative.

San Diego residents are transforming a 20,000-square-foot vacant urban lot into a community focal point for healthy place making.

Across the UC system, Food Day participation will include lectures, discussions, film screenings, farmers markets, food demonstrations and special dining menus.

The performance and health of food-producing animals consuming genetically engineered feed, first introduced 18 years ago, has been comparable to that of animals consuming non-GE feed.

Innovation Institute for Food and Health will advance new discoveries in sustainable food, agriculture and health.

As a single mom and undergrad student, Koko Mulder founded UC Berkeley's pantry to help non-traditional students like herself stretch their food dollars. Now a campus staffer, she's still at the pantry's helm.

Loaded with sugar, they're essentially "sodas without the carbonation."

University aims to help put the world on a path to sustainably and nutritiously feed itself.