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  • If all grain shipped through the Black Sea by Russia and Ukraine were halted, it would cut off 27% of global wheat exports and 17% of global corn exports.
    Global food security threatened by grain export disruptions

    Sep 18, 2023

    • Agriculture
  • More than 80 children, ages 5 through 12, enjoyed a four-week day camp exploring a wide range of topics related to agriculture and natural resources. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    Ag-Venture campers dive ‘head first’ into agriculture, natural resources

    Aug 30, 2023

    • 4-H
    • Agriculture
    • Family
    • Food
  • An unripe (left) and ripe (right) 'Luna UCR' fruit. All photos by Mary Lu Arpaia.
    New avocado proves tasty, safer to harvest at UC ANR Research and Extension Centers

    Aug 29, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • At the MORE campus garden, a program participant holds up a fava bean root to show its nitrogen nodules. Photo by Tracy Celio
    Adults with disabilities learn nutrition, grow gardening and cooking skills

    Aug 21, 2023

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
    • Yard & Garden
  • 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
  • An integrated drip and flood irrigated date palm in the Coachella Valley. All photos by Ali Montazar.
    Date palm irrigation research provides economic, environmental benefits

    Jun 13, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Natural Resources
  • A UC Davis study finds most private label avocado oils are either rancid or adulterated. No enforceable standards for avocado oil exist yet. Photo from Getty Images
    Nearly 70% of private label avocado oil rancid or mixed with other oils

    May 24, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • During flooding, wildfires and other disasters, people need to eat. Community organizations are collaborating on the North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership to strengthen local and regional food systems and build community resilience. Wildfire evacuees pick up food in 2020. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    $1.5M North Coast project to improve food access even during disasters

    May 22, 2023

    • Food
  • UC Cooperative Extension specialist Florent Trouillas examines a cherry tree in Lodi for potential pathogens. Photo by Jael Mackendorf, UC Davis
    Winter atmospheric rivers gave pathogens, diseases path to infect crops

    May 15, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Karuk ceremonial leader, cultural practitioner and project collaborator Leaf Hillman harvests willow roots next to a Karuk basket at Tishànik next to the Klamath River.
    Indigenous science key to adapting to climate change

    May 15, 2023

    • Food
  • Ewes and lambs graze in February 2021 on a Hopland Research and Extension Center pasture that was burned in the 2018 River Fire. UC Davis researchers analyzed meat, wool, soil, plant and water samples to assess the risk of metal contamination in sheep grazed on recently burned pasture regrowth. Photo: Valerie Eviner.
    Lambs grazing on pastures after wildfire show no significant adverse effects

    May 15, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Health
    • Natural Resources
  • The $35 million Southwest USDA Regional Food Business Center project will serve Colonias communities like this community shown in El Paso County, Texas. Photo by Ricardo Vela
    USDA selects UC ANR to create regional food business center

    May 3, 2023

    • Economic Development
    • Food
  • Manpreet Singh
    New UC ANR hires bring expertise in technology, crops, nutrition

    Apr 21, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • Food banks and food pantries are expected to see a surge in demand due to increasing food insecurity. Photo by Ismael Paramo, Unsplash
    UC ANR experts offer counsel as CalFresh benefits shrink, participants face hunger

    Apr 13, 2023

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
  • Few primary care providers screened for food insecurity during the pandemic and screening rates were lower during virtual appointments, according to a UC Davis study led by Cooperative Extension specialist Cassandra Nguyen. (Getty)
    Fewer than 10% of patients screened for food insecurity during pandemic

    Apr 11, 2023

    • Food
    • Health
  • Greenhouse IUNU AI Ornamentals
    Growers invited to take indoor farming survey

    Mar 23, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • UC Master Gardeners of Orange County, Monica Mehren Thompson and Robbie Prepas (middle), pose with Glennwood residents during their first Friday preparing lunch. All photos by Saoimanu Sope.
    Master Gardeners create garden-to-table experience for adults with disabilities

    Mar 17, 2023

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
    • Yard & Garden
  • Universal school meals aim to improve student access to nutritionally balanced meals. Photo by USDA
    Universal school meals increased student participation, lessened stigma

    Mar 14, 2023

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
  • “Food banks can have nutrition policies that outline where they source food and which foods they prioritize,
    Can food banks better promote nutrition and health?

    Mar 13, 2023

    • Family
    • Health
  • The new UCCE director in the tri-county region, David Gonzalves brings a wealth of experience working within city and county government, as well as the UC.
    Gonzalves begins as new UC Cooperative Extension director for Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties

    Mar 2, 2023

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