Food Blog

 Equipment cleaning could prevent branched broomrape, help growersCalifornia’s processing tomato industry for the first time this past harvest season agreed to voluntary equipment cleaning and notification guidelines to prevent the spread of branched broomrape, a parasitic weed that attaches to roots…

“Dinner, Documentary and Discussion” brings together students, ranchers, researchers, local leaders and community members to discuss wolf impacts on cattle.

Mary Blackburn retired as a UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor for Alameda County in 2025. The trailblazing Black dietitian began her career in the tumultuous Civil Rights era.

To understand consumers’ attitudes toward a bioengineered crop pesticide for controlling Asian citrus psyllid, researchers are seeking volunteers for focus groups.

The top 13 California agricultural commodities exported to China fell 64% from 2024 to 2025.