Green Blog

Tasting event showcases research on production of agave for tequila, mezcal and more A group of University of California researchers and collaborators is developing innovative agricultural techniques for growing agave in California without compromising natural resources.

With the McKinney Fire creeping closer to Yreka in the summer of 2022, Emily Jackson and her mother potentially faced the enormous task of getting all their goats, chickens, dogs and cats to safety while Emily's father and twin sister Lindsay were away fighting the fires.

A Hmong small-scale farmer in Merced County has saved about 14.4 acre-inches of water annually and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 12.406 MTCO2e per year (equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions produced from burning 1,396 gallons of gasoline) after upgrading her farm.

To accelerate adoption of climate-smart farming practices, the University of California Office of the President has awarded nearly $2 million to a team of UC Cooperative Extension scientists and community partners working on a network of farm demonstration sites.

To achieve groundwater sustainability under California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, demand management policies that encourage water conservation will be necessary, says Ellen Bruno, University of California Cooperative Extension specialist in quantitative policy analysis at U...