Food Blog

Researchers at the UC Small Farms Network and the Community Alliance with Family Farmers document the challenges facing small-scale farms with groundwater regulations.

Christopher Chen, a UCCE viticulture advisor, is studying vineyard “mothballing,” which entails maintaining vines with minimal labor and inputs (and not harvesting the fruit) and aiming to return to production in the future.

Growers, pest control advisers, researchers, commodity group representatives and other ag professionals are invited to a UC ANR Connect Field Day on Aug. 6 (9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), at Sabor Farms.

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers are studying how the type of milk two-year-olds drink affects their health, growth and development.

UC ANR is hosting a free conference to strengthen organic agriculture across California's Central Coast.