Food Blog

UC Cooperative Extension advisor who promotes school gardens, urban agriculture to retire after 35-year career A stroll through a leafy, green garden can give one temporary relief from life's harshness.

Growers and pest control advisers (PCAs) should be on the lookout for a new pest called carpophilus beetle (Carpophilus truncatus).

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a web application to help farmers and industry workers use drones and other uncrewed aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to generate the best possible data.

In the fields around the Egyptian city of Minya Al-Qamh, port of wheat in Arabic, a boy rubbed his eyes wearily as he helped his father irrigate their crops at 2 a.m. when they could access the scarce water that reached their farm, located at the tail end of the canal.

Health and nutrition experts generally recommend that all adults fill half their plates with fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy meal.