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The interdisciplinary nature of the University of California, Davis, yields a deep bench of food and agriculture experts who can discuss with reporters various aspects of issues connected to food and agriculture and the many facets of life it touches.

The following sources from the University of California, Davis, are available to talk with the media about food and agriculture issues.

Find experts by category in the lists below:

Agriculture and economic experts

 is director of the and the Frank H. Buck
Distinguished Professor in the . He can discuss economic issues in food and agriculture, include those related to farm costs, policy, food and commodity markets, international trade, and sustainability. He works on such California farm products as almonds and other tree nuts, wine grapes, berries and other fruits, alfalfa hay, cotton, cannabis, beef, pork, eggs, and milk. Contact: 530-752-1668, dasumner@ucdavis.edu

 is a Distinguished Professor in the  and Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience. He can speak on constraints to the adoption of improved agricultural technologies by small-scale farmers in Africa, agricultural insurance, and about forces that shape poverty and food insecurity in rural areas of Africa and Latin America. Contact: 530-752-4672, mrcarter@ucdavis.edu

 

Animal science experts

 is associate dean for global engagement in the , the director of the  and chair of the . He can discuss strategies to reduce methane emissions from livestock production, including research involving seaweed鈥檚 potential to cut methane emissions in beef and dairy cattle. Contact: 530-752-5907, ekebreab@ucdavis.edu

 is a professor and air quality extension specialist in the . He is also director of the . He can discuss efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock sector and is an expert in benchmarking and mitigating air pollutants from animal agriculture.  Contact: 530-752-3936, fmmitloehner@ucdavis.edu

 is the director of the and a professor in the . Her area of expertise is animal welfare, particularly for dairy and beef cattle. She conducts research on housing and management of cattle and works with industry programs and nongovernmental agencies focused on animal welfare policy and assessment. Contact: 530-754-5750, cbtucker@ucdavis.edu

 is a cooperative extension specialist in animal biotechnology and genomics in the . She can discuss the use of DNA-based biotechnologies, such as genetic engineering and genome editing in beef cattle production. She is also a frequent keynote speaker on the importance of genetic innovation for animal health and welfare and agricultural sustainability. Contact: 530-752-1250, 

 is an assistant extension specialist for small- to industry-scale poultry production in the . He can discuss the challenges facing small scale and backyard poultry flocks as well as the impacts of housing systems on poultry health and welfare in large-scale facilities. Contact: 530-752-8763, rablatchford@ucdavis.edu

is a cooperative extension specialist in the . He can discuss freshwater and marine aquaculture production systems and the effect of aquatic invasive species and environmental pollutants on farmed fish and shellfish. He can also discuss aquaponics and the repurposing of aquaculture waste streams. Contact: jagross@ucdavis.edu

 is a cooperative extension specialist with the with a focus on poultry health and food-safety epidemiology. He can discuss strategies to reduce foodborne illness and strategies to reduce antimicrobial-resistant bacteria associated with poultry production. He also can discuss avian diseases and develops mapping and modeling to understand disease spread. Contact: 530-752-3215, mepitesky@ucdavis.edu

Plant science and biotechnology experts

 is a Distinguished Professor and chair of the . She is an expert in leafy green salad crops 鈥 breeding, genetics and genomics, biotechnology, food safety, and environmental sustainability. Her genomic research focuses on how plants and crops can adapt over multiple generations and long timescales to a future high-CO2 world. Contact: 530-752-9165, 

is a professor in the Department of Plant Sciences and director of the and a team member of the . He can discuss the necessity, difficulties and opportunities of breeding plants in a changing climate. He can discuss ways to improve crop yield from traditional breeding to the use of molecular markers. ecbrummer@ucdavis.edu

is a Distinguished Professor in the and at the . She鈥檚 founding director of the . She can discuss genetic strategies to advance sustainable agriculture, including the development of flood-tolerant and disease-tolerant rice, a staple food for more than half the world鈥檚 population. Contact: 530-752-1654, pcronald@ucdavis.edu

is director of the and associate director of the . He can discuss developing and integrating genomics into plant breeding of crops from California and Africa. His specific focus is on disease-resistance and quality in pepper and spinach. He has also been involved with international and national policy, including US regulations for biotechnology. He can also discuss sequencing the genome of Arabica beans and the threat climate change poses to coffee around the world. Contact: avandeynze@ucdavis.edu

 is an associate professor in the . She can discuss agricultural plant biotechnologies. She focuses on identifying genes that influence starch and sugar accumulation in crops, which is central to crop yield and quality after harvest. She also studies why some fruits, such as the tomato, are damaged from cold storage in hopes of preventing food waste. Contact: 530-754-4779, dmbeckles@ucdavis.edu

 is a professor in the . She can discuss plant genetics, strategies to improve productivity in tomatoes, methods for genome editing in crops and parasitic plant control strategies. Contact: 530-754-8441, nrsinha@ucdavis.edu

 is a professor in the and the Genome Center. She can discuss systems biology or genomics approaches related to plant breeding, especially from the perspective of the often-overlooked root systems. She performs research on plant roots in tomato, sorghum and the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana. Contact: 530-752-5183, sbrady@ucdavis.edu

Viticulture and enology experts

is a professor of enology and former director of the . He is a wine chemist and can discuss general wine-related topics, as well as his research areas which include wine tannins (antioxidants), barrels, corks and other closures, wine aging, and the health effects of wine and other alcoholic beverages. As a chemist, he can also discuss the analysis of foods as well as some issues related to food components, such as carbohydrates and fats, and materials recovered from food waste. Contact: 530-752-4777, alwaterhouse@ucdavis.edu

is a cooperative extension specialist in enology. She can discuss viticulture practices and environmental factors that affect grape ripening and composition and resulting wine quality. She is investigating the effect of wildfire smoke on grapes and its impact on . She can also discuss practices that enhance sustainability in the industry, including the use of new technologies and 鈥済reen鈥 chemicals in the winery, and re-use of winery wastewater. Contact: aoberholster@ucdavis.edu

is an assistant professor of plant biology in the . She can discuss how climate change and associated extreme weather, including heat waves, fires and drought, impact grapevine health, as well as impacts on berry and wine chemistry. She also studies how diversifying the genetic resources used for grapevine breeding and cultivar selection can mitigate impacts of heat and water stress. She also does extensive work in the space of equity and inclusion in viticulture, wine and agriculture at large. Contact: ejforrestel@ucdavis.edu