Maintaining a healthy diet improves mental health and medication adherence.
Food is medicine for HIV-positive and Type 2 diabetes patients
UC Merced Blum Center relaunching with focus on food
Will become hub for food-security-related research and outreach on and off campus.
Study explains how western diet leads to overeating and obesity
UC Riverside researchers identify pharmaceutical target for overeating associated with diet-induced obesity.
UC helps launch 4-H program in Mexico
Agreement will expand youth development opportunities south of the border.
CRISPR research institute expands into agriculture, microbiology
Gene-editing tools may help prevent illness, improve crop yields and nurture a balanced ecosystem.
Feast will benefit Honey and Pollination Center
UC Davis to add pollinator-friendly garden.
Intense industrial fishing
How China maintains large catches and what it means for fishery management.
Arabica coffee genome sequenced
Coincides with birth of California-grown specialty coffee industry.
Access to free drinking water in SF neighborhoods driven by new partnership
Over next year, 19 new public water stations will be installed across San Francisco.
Holy guacamole
After finding invasive Asian beetles in native Montecito trees, UC Santa Barbara researchers are trying to determine how widespread they are.
Bait and switch? Study finds fish fraud runs rampant
Half the time what’s on the menu at LA sushi restaurants is not what’s on your plate.
Online toolkit offers resources to improve school nutrition
UC Global Food Initiative launches Good Food for Local Schools website.