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Gift extends UC Davis pistachio research on new scions, rootstocks

March 6th, 2025
By Emily C. Dooley
The University of California, Davis, is enhancing and expanding its Pistachio Breeding Program after a generous gift from philanthropist and pistachio farmer Rod Stiefvater, who is donating more than $335,000 over three years to develop new rootstocks that thrive under changing climate conditions.
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California producers: Climate change is real; we could use a little help

February 26th, 2025
By Trina Kleist
How can farmers and ranchers continue to grow our food while facing challenges of a changing climate, increasingly scarce water, land use pressures and rising costs? UC and UC ANR scientists are using surveys and interviews with people in the state's agricultural sector to learn what folks need to stay…
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The Principles of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

February 5th, 2025
By Kitty Oppliger
Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Opportunities and Importance in Extension work In 2007, the first global Forum on Food Sovereignty defined the concept as the right of peoples to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define t...
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A new shothole borer species arrives in California

December 10th, 2024
By Randall Oliver
The most recent discovery of invasive shothole borer-pathogen complex in Santa Cruz County has been identified as a different species of beetle and symbiotic fungi than the two complexes previously known in California.
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Will importing workers lead to importing crops?

December 6th, 2024
A dwindling and aging agricultural workforce, coupled with higher labor costs, have added pressure on U.S. farms over the past decade. A recent study by University of California agricultural economists Alexandra Hill and James Sayre explores these changing trends in U.S.
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Students design high-tech solutions through Farm Robotics Challenge

October 25th, 2024
By Michael Hsu
A robot that navigates and weeds row-crop fields and its design team from Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts have garnered the grand prize in the second annual Farm Robotics Challenge. Five winning teams, representing various universities and colleges across the U.S.
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Partners unveil first on-farm robotics incubators

October 23rd, 2024
The Reservoir, a nonprofit building tech incubators across California, and partners Western Growers Association, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Merced College, Hartnell College and venture capital firm HawkTower have announced the creation of the first-ever on-farm robot...
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In this issue, we explore growing high-value crops like blueberries and turmeric in urban settings and share tips for optimizing irrigation systems. Celebrate National 4-H Week in San Diego with green lighting and youth recognition. Plus, enjoy holiday food safety tips for worry-free festive meals...

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