We Need Young Farmers, and Colleges Can Help
The documentary Occupy the Farm shows the positive impact universities could have if they leveraged their resources to create more farms and farmers.
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For Farmers, This Land is Often Someone Else’s
Small-scale and beginning farmers are most likely renters on the land they farm. Their owner is ultimately the one who shapes the form of agriculture while farmers, as tenants, operate with reduced autonomy.
For These College Students, the Most Difficult Test May Be Basic Survival
The biggest challenge for these college students may not be exams or papers, but finding the means to survive. While the University of California system has worked to bring in more first-generation and “non-traditional” students, helping them stay, succeed and meet basic needs like getting enough food requires greater investment.
How Scientists are Taking on the Global Food Crisis
From diversifying food to developing new varieties to adapting crops to a changing climate, the University of California and its Global Food Initiative are working to help improve food security this World Food Day.
We Asked Food Policy Experts What They Thought of Trump’s Plan to Dissolve the FDA
If Trump gets his way, he probably should avoid eating pretty much any and all food—at least without a royal taste tester. But maybe he has one of those.
Study: Planting Wildflowers Near Crop Fields Benefits Bees
Planting strips of wildflowers next to fruit and nut orchards and other crops can benefit bees searching for forage in between blossoms, a University of California study asserts.