Produce
UC Food Observer |

Global Food Initiative making its mark

Initiative addresses how to sustainably and nutritiously feed a world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2025.

UC Riverside FarmShare
UC Riverside |

Fair trade foods and beverages star in Food Week events

A weekly farmers market on campus will be added to UC Riverside's lineup of healthy food options.

Methyl bromide has been used by growers since the 1970s to control soil pathogens, weeds and nematodes. Pictured are pathogen-infected plants in a buffer zone where fumigants can't be applied.
UC Santa Cruz |

Pesticide predicament for California's strawberry growers

UC Santa Cruz professor examines challenges as popular chemical is phased out.

Back to the roots UC
UC Newsroom |

How do you grow an entrepreneur?

UC startup Back to the Roots offers a master class.

An Asian citrus psyllid nymph.
UC Riverside |

Summit to focus on devastating citrus disease

UC Riverside will host summit Oct. 4 and 5 to discuss research on citrus greening disease.

Ecologist Chelsea Rochman found plastic and fibrous debris in 25 percent of the fish sold in Indonesian and California markets.
UC Newsroom |

How plastic winds up in our seafood and what you can do about it

The surprising ways that you may be contributing to plastic pollution.

The images third from the bottom and at the bottom show fruit, vegetables and flowers treated with pathogen gene-targeting RNA molecules. The other images represent various control methods.
UC Riverside |

Putting mold on hold

Researchers develop strategy that could lead to eco-friendly fungicide to fight pathogens that cause billions in crop losses.

Maize growing at a highland field site in Toluca, Mexico. UC Davis researchers are studying how maize adapted to different environments. The new knowledge could aid in breeding crops resistant to climate change.
UC Davis |

Maize genetics may show how crops adapt to climate change

In addition to maize, the world needs many other crops able to adapt to new environments.

UC Davis Student Farm Director Mark Van Horn and some of his students last year, from left, Alexis Fujii, Mary Laurie and Abraham Cazares.
UC Newsroom |

Student farming takes root

UC Davis Student Farm Director Mark Van Horn offers insights.

A group of UC Davis students is breeding a “jalapeño popper,” a cross between a bell pepper and a jalapeño pepper. Two members of the team, Randi Jimenez and Wengyuan Xiao, examine their crop at the Student Farm.
UC Davis |

Students breeding a better organic popper pepper

UC Davis student-run project has become a model for other programs.

Associate professor William Ristenpart talks with Sabrina Perell, community regional development major, and Kyle Phan, an undeclared major, about the taste of their brew during a UC Davis “Design of Coffee” class in 2015. UC Davis is now establishing a Co
UC Davis |

Peet's Coffee pledges $250,000 to advance coffee research

Gift will fund Peet's Coffee Pilot Roastery in first-of-its-kind Coffee Center at UC Davis.

UC Santa Barbara professor David Cleveland in his home garden.
UC Santa Barbara |

How does your garden grow?

Professor, students model the effect of household gardens on greenhouse gas emissions.

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