Ongoing research

A scientific research project may initially be deemed a failure, but failure can lead to success. It did recently at the University of California, Davis.

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Ornamental Plant of the Month - How About A Smaller Tree For Your Yard? Edible Plant of the Month - What in the Heck is Chicory?

Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption during the first five years of life is not recommended as this can lead to long-term health risks.

After a lengthy and rigorous review by independent auditors, UC Merced can proudly announce it is the first public research university in the country to achieve carbon neutrality, two years ahead of its goal.

That's what Bob Brendler wrote back in 1988. Bob was the Veg Crops/Strawberry Advisor in Ventura County for 40 years and was a student of the weather. He loved data and was the first in our office to computerize in the 70s. Before he would crank out data on a calculator.

A little known fact about the outstanding career of Jay Rosenheim, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology and a newly inducted Fellow of the Entomological Society of America, is that, as an undergraduate at UC Davis, he initially majored in physics. Physics? Yes.

Hello friends, 2020 is about to come to its rightful close. But before it does, many of us find ourselves in various lockdown situations. Some of us are just hunkering down because of our age and our health, or the age and health of those whom we could be caregivers.

Because of your due diligence in maintaining safe practices, UC ANR COVID-19 infection rates remain below community rates. Many are weary from the additional effort required to keep loved ones and colleagues safe, and our work is not done.

The 2020 Giving Tuesday donations for UC Agriculture and Natural Resources have broken records for the organization's previous giving campaigns.