Napolitano presents UC initiative to state food and agriculture board.

Jul 14, 2014

On July 1, University of California President Janet Napolitano presented the university's plans for a comprehensive food initiative to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture in Sacramento.

“This initiative grows out of a commitment made by all 10 UC campus chancellors and myself,” Napolitano said. “It is a commitment to work collectively to put a greater emphasis on what UC can do as a public research university, in one of the most robust agricultural regions in the world, to take on one of the world's most pressing issues.”

The food initiative will build on UC's tradition of innovative agricultural research to support farmers and ranchers. Future efforts will build on work already begun by UC's 10 campuses and its Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) to address internal and external issues with a variety of approaches.

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