Food Blog

Slugs, snails, ants, aphids, spider mites and inclement weather conspire against strawberry growers harvesting perfect red berries to sell. Farming is hard work, said Fam Lee, as she pulled a weed from a row of strawberry plants.

When school's out, many children who live in poverty no longer eat nutritious meals like they do during school as part of the free and reduced-cost school lunch program.

Spring is here, and oftentimes the busiest season of the year for gardeners to plant edibles with dreams of ripe tomatoes and rows of juicy strawberries.

When growers are considering a new crop to plant, and penciling out their expenses and income, cost estimates from the University of California may help.

Sustainability. Food justice. Research to action. These were the themes discussed April 1314, 2018, as emerging food leaders throughout the UC system gathered in San Diego for a tour titled The Rooted University: Bridging food system changemaking on and off campus.