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  • 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
  • Backyard birds are potential sources of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. Beatriz Martinez Lopez and Alda Pires have a website, FARM PPE, with resources for poultry owners to reduce disease risk. Photo by Helder Quintas
    Backyard chickens stay healthy with help from UC researchers, website

    Mar 8, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • Tapan Pathak, who specializes in climate adaptation in agriculture, left, shown conducting research in a strawberry field in 2018, will lead a statewide climate-smart agriculture project. Photo by Surendra Dara
    UC ANR scientists receive $1.5M NIFA grant for climate-smart agriculture

    Jan 12, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • The Organic Agriculture Institute is conducting a statewide needs assessment for organic agriculture and forming the California Organic Agriculture Knowledge Network. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    Organic Ag Institute begins forming knowledge network, assessing needs

    Nov 15, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • New tools for wheat growers integrate 'big data' sources like site-specific soil and weather data, as well as satellite, drone and other sensor measurements. Photo by Melissa Askew/Unsplash
    New ‘big data’ tools help California wheat farmers reduce fertilizer guesswork

    Oct 28, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Innovation
  • Lacy Phacelia cover crop in a vineyard. Photo by Lauren Hale
    Can California native plants be used as cover crops to benefit farmers and native ecosystems?

    Oct 21, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • 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
  • Carrot field under furrow irrigation system in the Imperial Valley. Photos by Ali Montazar
    New research fills gap on best practices for California carrot production

    Sep 24, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Ciara and Michael Shapiro of AM Ranch in Penn Valley were able to pivot to online sales during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy AM Ranch)
    UC SAREP webinars help farmers, ranchers pivot to direct sales during pandemic

    Sep 2, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • The cost of water may deter people from growing food in urban areas, says Lucy Diekmann, UC Cooperative Extension urban agriculture and food systems advisor in Santa Clara County.
    Drought hurts urban farmers, too

    Jun 21, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • A new UC cost study shows potential profits in growing alfalfa organically for the organic dairy market. Photo by Rachael Long
    Organic alfalfa hay cost study released

    Apr 26, 2021

    • Economic Development
  • Photo of raised bed vegetables by Elena Zhukova
    UC SAREP awards grants for sustainable food-systems research and outreach

    Apr 13, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • With a value of $6.1 billion, California accounted for over half of U.S. fresh vegetable production in 2018. Photo by Shermain Hardesty,
    Will California remain leader in U.S. agricultural production?

    Mar 5, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Gotham Greens is building a state-of-the-art greenhouse near UC Davis and partnering with UC ANR and UC Davis to advance research and innovation in indoor agriculture, greenhouse technology and urban agriculture. Photo courtesy of Gotham Greens
    UC partners with Gotham Greens to advance indoor agriculture

    Mar 2, 2021

    • Innovation
  • 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
  • Lavender grower Carol Hamre spoke about her trials and successes regarding vertebrate pest control and drip irrigation.
    Small-scale growers meet virtually to discuss organic agriculture

    Jan 14, 2021

    • Food
  • Field of ripening intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), known as Kernza, at The Land Institute's research farm in Salina, Kansas. (Photo: Lee R. DeHaan)
    UC ANR helps accelerate cultivation, marketing of the perennial grain Kernza

    Nov 5, 2020

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • Cultivating cotton using regenerative methods can sequester carbon in the soil, keeping it from the atmosphere where it can contribute to climate change. (Photo: Pixabay)
    Consumers are driving a move to more sustainable cotton farming in California

    Sep 25, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • New online training is designed for beginning farmers and those or transitioning to organic practices. Photo courtesy of UC SAREP
    Organic farming lessons offered online

    Sep 11, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Using soil-building techniques in cotton production could raise the value of the crop.
    UCCE webinar intends to help farmers raise the value of California cotton

    Aug 18, 2020

    • Agriculture
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