Food Blog

The Food Blog covers our latest research and extension work to advance and optimize the production and vitality of California's abundant agricultural commodities.

Cover crops in the foreground with mountains in the distance

New online tool helps growers choose cover crops

September 19, 2025

By Michael Hsu

For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop species based on growers’ goals.

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Ngodoo Atume talks about her poster on SGMA and small farmers

UC ANR team helps small farmers understand historic, decade-old groundwater law

September 12, 2025

By Michael Hsu

To raise awareness of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act among small farmers, a UC ANR team is providing technical assistance, education and outreach.

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Gloria Allorbi stands in a kitchen holding a bottle of Ghanaian vegan chili oil

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Business Builder Awards infuse $1.5M into food enterprises across Southwest

September 2, 2025

By Tracy B Celio

Southwest Regional Food Business Center awards 73 Business Builder grants to farmers and food entrepreneurs to strengthen local food systems in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.

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Julie Katawicz and Hedman Okella pose in front of a sign: San Benito County 4-H, Juventino M. Ortiz youth development center, 1479 Nash Road

Farmers, food producers to gather at California Earthworkers Summit on Sept. 11-12

August 28, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Summit at UC Santa Cruz to discuss approaches to climate, environment, agriculture and food system resilienceFarmers and food producers are invited to participate in the inaugural California Earthworkers Summit on Sept. 11–12 at UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology Farm. Held at the UC Santa…

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Aerial view of harvester driving through crop field

How can we feed a growing population?

August 27, 2025

By Ria DeBiase

In his UC Press book, “Food Fight,” UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard J. Sexton contends misguided policies that reduce food crop yields or redirect food crops for use as biofuels may be taking us further from the goal of adequately feeding the world in the future.

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