- Author: Rose Marie Hayden-Smith
![This poster played an important role in discouraging food waste and encouraging food conservation on the American home front during World War I. Noted artist Edward Penfield created the poster. It's held in the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/food/blogfiles/45074small.jpg)
Summer brings an abundance of luscious and healthy fruits and vegetables. It's easy to buy more than we can eat, which sometimes results in #foodwaste.
In a guest blog post for the UC Food Observer, UC researcher Wendi Gosliner (part of the team at UC ANR's Nutrition Policy Institute, a cutting-edge unit that's using research to transform public policy) shared this observation:
“Food...
- Author: Alec Rosenberg
![Each Friday, the new UC Food Observer blog features the 'Friday Wrap,' a wrap-up of the week's key food news.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/food/blogfiles/27519small.jpg)
The University of California has launched UC Food Observer, a daily selection of must-read news on food policy, nutrition, agriculture and more.
Developed as part of its Global Food Initiative, the UC Food Observer blog (www.ucfoodobserver.com) and related social media channels capture and highlight important news and further discussions about the world of food, complementing efforts of ANR's Food Blog.
Find out more in this Q&A with UC Food Observer curator Rose Hayden-Smith, a UC academic, author and historian.
What can readers expect from UC Food...
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