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Food & Agriculture Articles

 

UC Davis researchers have developed a way for food banks to evaluate the way they promote nutrition and healthy. Here, people load food donations into cardboard boxes in a warehouse. (Getty Images)

Can Food Banks Better Promote Nutrition and Health?

  • by Amy Quinton
  • March 13, 2023
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Drone aerial image of flooding across Discovery Park in Sacramento in 2023

Water and Drought Experts

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • January 11, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science and Climate
solar panels emit a red light over tomato plants in an outdoor research field at UC Davis

Harvesting Light to Grow Food and Clean Energy Together

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • December 06, 2022
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Setting sun over grasslands with some trees in the middle of the picture.

Grassland Study Examines Soil Viral Diversity in Drought

  • by Emily Dooley
  • November 09, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science and Climate
Julien Delarue, associate professor in sensory science, stands in the immersive room. He's surrounded by 3 walls showing video of woods and waterfalls.

New Sensory Immersive Room at UC Davis Simulates Real-Life Environments for Product Testing

  • by Tiffany Dobbyn
  • October 18, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
honey bee closeup on berry

Climate Change Is Ratcheting Up the Pressure on Bees

  • by Jennie L. Durant
  • October 14, 2022
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Human & Animal Health
  • Science and Climate
Sketch of the proposed 40,000-square-foot Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation might look like off Hutchison Dr. The artistic rendering shows a 2-3 story building near the plant sciences building.

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Pledge $50M to UC Davis for Sustainability Research

  • by UC Davis Development and Alumni Relations
  • October 13, 2022
  • University
  • Food & Agriculture
Rows of agave

Agave: The New Drought-Tolerant California Crop?

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • August 11, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Rice fields between Davis and Sacramento

Growing Cereal Crops With Less Fertilizer

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • August 05, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
View of grapevines

FFAR Grant to Help Improve Vineyard Soil Health

  • by Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research staff
  • August 03, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
Winery, stainless steel tanks in back, barrels in front

$4 Million Endowment Bolsters UC Davis Viticulture and Enology

  • by Ashley Han
  • July 26, 2022
  • University
  • Food & Agriculture
Rows of strawberries, some disease-free, some dead.

Researchers Identify Genes Making Strawberries Resistant to Fusarium Wilt

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • July 19, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Golden grain being harvested and processed with blue sky in background..

Global Food Supply-Chain Issues Call for Solutions

  • by Karen Michele Nikos-Rose
  • June 27, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Food & Agriculture
photo of grape leave with red blotches from red blotch disease

UC Davis to Build New, $5.25M Greenhouse to Protect U.S. Grapevine Collection

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • June 01, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Pam Ronald and Gary S. May pose for photo in front of screens, with "Face to Face With Chancellor May" text superimposed onto the photo.

The Professor Behind All Those Awards: Hear From Pam Ronald on ‘Face to Face’

  • by Dateline Staff
  • May 31, 2022
  • University
  • Dateline
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Student Life
  • University
Silican gel packets on wood surface

A Dry Idea to Save Energy and Preserve Food

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • April 08, 2022
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science and Climate
Two black and white cows feed outside under a blue sky

UC Davis Ranked Among Best in World, Nation for Veterinary Science, Ag

  • by Julia Ann Easley
  • April 06, 2022
  • University
  • Dateline
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Human & Animal Health
A woman's hand is seen giving an ultrasound to an abalone in a tank with sonagraph on computer screen in background

Ultrasounds for Abalone

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • February 25, 2022
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Human & Animal Health
Barn swallow on a hand looking at camera with background of strawberry packing boxes

Bringing Out the Best in Wild Birds on Farms

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • February 23, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science and Climate
purple saurekraut in pile on square plate

Researchers Find Hybrid Metabolism in Fermented Food Microbe

  • by Amy Quinton
  • February 14, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Greenhouse with wheat

UC Davis to Lead $15 Million Research Into Climate-Change-Resistant Wheat

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • February 08, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Chef Martin Yan sits among cookbooks donated to UC Davis

Chef Martin Yan and Wife Donate Archive to UC Davis

  • by Sarah Colwell
  • January 24, 2022
  • University
  • Dateline
  • Food & Agriculture
Field of lettuce in California with mountains in background

Researchers Pinpoint Which Bird Species Pose Food Safety Risk to Crops

  • by Emily Dooley
  • January 05, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Steer lying in stable, wearing Tag No. 45.

UC’s 10 Best Research Stories of 2021

  • by UC Office of the President
  • December 30, 2021
  • Science and Climate
  • Dateline
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
  • University
Christmas tree lot in the snow with string of fairy lights overhead

Holiday Experts List

  • by Karen Nikos Rose, Amy Quinton, Kat Kerlin
  • December 08, 2021
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Human & Animal Health
  • Science and Climate
  • Society, Arts & Culture

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