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  • Gabe Youtsey (left), chief innovation officer with UC ANR and founder of The VINE, says that field trials are essential for validating new innovations in the agri-tech sector and a new program from The VINE will help support those endeavors. Photo by Mike Hsu
    The VINE announces call for startups to apply for field-trial support

    Aug 3, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Innovation
  • Vanessa Zajfen of Ocean View School District in Oxnard will discuss a farm to school program.
    Webinars to explore local food systems and food waste

    Apr 6, 2022

    • Food
  • Through the Second Chance Youth Garden, young people in San Diego County provide food to their communities through a farm stand and CSA model. Photos by Diego Lynch
    Youth-run garden provides 10,000 pounds of produce for San Diego families

    Mar 10, 2022

    • Economic Development
    • Food
    • Yard & Garden
  • USDA’s most recent agricultural census, dating to 2017, counts approximately 25,000 producers of color among 128,535 total producers in California. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    Farmers of color share their contributions, concerns in UC SAREP webinar series

    Nov 3, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • A pollinator mix of cover crops sprouts on an almond orchard floor at J&R Ranches in Manteca. Photos by Kamyar Aram
    Cover cropping season has begun: Free recorded webinars, demos available

    Oct 14, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Cattle roam on the Van Vleck ranch in Rancho Murieta, California. Photo by Karin Higgins, UC Davis
    California’s local meat suppliers struggle to stay in business

    Sep 13, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Food
  • The Produce Safety Rule regulates the growing, harvesting and packing of produce. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    New food-safety guide outlines laws and best practices for urban farmers

    Feb 16, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Farm stands, like this strawberry stand in Sacramento County, must now practice social distancing and heightened disinfecting procedures.
    Urban ag supplies fresh fruits and vegetables, part of a healthy diet

    Apr 16, 2020

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Boxes of melons loaded into Capay Valley Farm Shop's truck, headed for buyers in the Bay Area.
    #Collabatition: A new network of food hubs looks past competition to help each other succeed

    Aug 10, 2017

  • A UC Cooperative Extension workshop series in Los Angeles will help city growers build their knowledge on legal, production, marketing and food safety issues.
    UC ANR hosts workshops for California's urban farmers

    Jul 12, 2017

  • A rainfall simulator sprays water over trays of different soils to show how on-farm management practices affect soil health.
    California Farm Demonstration Network forms to foster farmers’ innovation

    May 4, 2017

  • Steven Palomeres, former intern at WOW farms in West Oakland shares his experience in urban farming
    Youth speak, we listen: Youth voices in urban agriculture and building the UC connection

    Dec 13, 2016

  • UC Cooperative Extension advisor Gene Miyao looks at biofertilizer in its various stages, from raw waste to fertilizer
    Biodigesters turn food into electricity, but can they also create fertilizer?

    Sep 15, 2016

  • These almonds are still in the hull on the tree. Using the orchard biomass, hulls and shells for renewable power generation, soil amendment and dairy feed reduces the carbon footprint.
    California almonds have small carbon footprint compared to other protein foods

    Jul 23, 2015

  • 4-H teens planned and presented a week-long camp for local youth called Sustainable You! at the UC Desert Research and Extension Center in Holtville.
    4-H teaches kids environmental awareness at inaugural camp

    Jul 7, 2015

  • Urban farmer Pilar Rebar gives a UC ANR team a tour of her organic seedling operation in Richmond, Calif.
    Lessons from California’s urban farms

    Oct 14, 2014

  • Researchers, farmers, and agricultural professionals learn from one another in discussion at a recent field day.
    Outreach lessons for the information age

    Sep 24, 2014

  • Muir Ranch, a farm at Muir High School in Pasadena, is tended by students and UC Master Gardeners.
    UC launches urban agriculture website

    Jul 2, 2014

  • Los Angeles Unified School District has purchased Riverside County oranges over Florida citrus through its local food purchasing initiative.
    The power of the foodshed

    Dec 3, 2013

  • LA County was a major farming area in 1929.
    UC collaboration helps position LA urban agriculture for growth

    Sep 5, 2013

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