Food Blog

Looking for a specific Blog post?

Search Now

The Food Blog covers our latest research and extension work to advance and optimize the production and vitality of California's abundant agricultural commodities.

Cara Cara is the variety of navel oranges currently most commonly planted in California. Photo by Beth Grafton-Cardwell

Article

New UC study outlines costs of growing oranges in the San Joaquin Valley

September 21, 2021

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

A new study outlining the costs and returns of establishing and producing navel oranges with low-volume irrigation in the southern San Joaquin Valley has been released by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC Cooperative Extension and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics...

View Article

Article

Two UC students named Global Food Initiative Fellows with UC ANR

September 17, 2021

University of California students Anna Rios and Conor McCabe have been selected as Global Food Initiative fellows for UC Agriculture and Natural Resources during the 2021-22 school year.

View Article

A mature elderberry shrub on a Sacramento Valley farm being harvested

Article

New guide shows how elderberry activates hedgerows, ecologically and commercially

September 14, 2021

By Michael Hsu

A farm-edge hedgerow can be more than a boundary or barrier. When it comprises blue elderberry, it can be a way to integrate biodiversity in an often-simplified agricultural landscape and connect with a legacy of stewardship and use by California's Native peoples.

View Article

From left, Darren Haver, Dave Coffaro, Supervisor Don Wagner, Mayor Farrah Khan and Second Harvest Chief Mission Officer Claudia Keller plant cabbage seedlings into prepared soil beds as A.G Kawamura observes.

Article

To grow vegetables locally, Second Harvest partners with UC South Coast REC

September 13, 2021

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Partnering for California A.G.

View Article

Article

California’s local meat suppliers struggle to stay in business

September 13, 2021

UC Davis report suggests ways to build resilience The University of California, Davis, Food Systems Lab has released a white paper showing the need to support California's small and mid-scale meat suppliers and processors in order to build a more resilient meat supply chain.

View Article