Food &amp; Agriculture Content / Food &amp; Agriculture Content for ٺƵ en Probiotics and Prebiotics: Hype or Health? /health/news/probiotics-and-prebiotics-hype-or-health <p dir="ltr"><span>Consumers may have noticed a recent trend in food and beverage products labeled probiotic or prebiotic. The products often say they “support a healthy gut” or “boost your immune system” by providing good microbes that are often missing from people’s diets. But how can consumers know if these products are really good for them?</span></p> November 19, 2024 - 12:48pm Jocelyn C Anderson /health/news/probiotics-and-prebiotics-hype-or-health Extreme Weather Accelerates Nitrate Pollution in Groundwater /food/news/extreme-weather-accelerates-nitrate-pollution-groundwater Extreme weather from climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers ending up in groundwater. November 13, 2024 - 1:53pm Amy M Quinton /food/news/extreme-weather-accelerates-nitrate-pollution-groundwater What Motivates Food Bank Donors? /curiosity/blog/food-bank-donors-motivated-social-responsibility-and-financial-benefits <p dir="ltr"><span>In a recent study involving ٺƵ Professor of Human Ecology&nbsp;</span><a href="https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/profile/catherine-brinkley"><span>Catherine Brinkley</span></a><span>, 2.97 millions pounds of food-bank donations from 296 organizations were analyzed to understand the dependencies between community food security and local food movements.</span></p> October 11, 2024 - 2:23am Jamie Sara Gelfond /curiosity/blog/food-bank-donors-motivated-social-responsibility-and-financial-benefits ٺƵ and BioInnovation Institute Team Up to Improve Protein Nutrition on a Global Scale /news/uc-davis-and-bioinnovation-institute-team-improve-protein-nutrition-global-scale <p>The University of California, Davis today announced an expanded collaboration with the <a href="https://bii.dk/">BioInnovation Institute</a> (BII) to accelerate commercialization of discoveries in protein nutrition important to consumers around the world.&nbsp;</p> October 09, 2024 - 4:41pm James Michael Nash /news/uc-davis-and-bioinnovation-institute-team-improve-protein-nutrition-global-scale ٺƵ Enters New International Strawberry Licensing Agreements /news/uc-davis-enters-new-strawberry-licensing-agreements-countries-across-globe <p dir="ltr"><span>The University of California, Davis, has reached new agreements to license more than a dozen of its world-renowned strawberry varieties to growers in countries across the world.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>The agreements ensure that nurseries and fruit growers in Mexico, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East have access to all available varieties developed by the&nbsp;ٺƵ Public Strawberry Breeding Program.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Strawberry plant varieties developed at ٺƵ produce about 60% of all strawberries consumed around the world.</span></p> September 23, 2024 - 8:07am Bill Kisliuk /news/uc-davis-enters-new-strawberry-licensing-agreements-countries-across-globe The Promise of Alternative Proteins /food/news/the-promise-of-alternative-proteins ٺƵ food scientists are studying how to make beef using cow stem cells. September 09, 2024 - 3:28pm Jocelyn C Anderson /food/news/the-promise-of-alternative-proteins Campus Serves Up Award-Winning Response to Cook Shortage /news/campus-serves-award-winning-response-cook-shortage <p><span>Roger Thompson clapped his hands together. “You’ve got two hours to open. Let’s get to it.”</span></p><p><span>“Yes, Chef!” Andrea Rivera replied. She turned to a class visitor and whispered: “That’s so they know we heard them, and it’s fun too.”</span></p><p><span>And with that, Rivera and five other food service workers left their classroom space at dining tables in Latitude and headed toward the dining facility’s kitchen on their way to becoming cooks at ٺƵ.</span></p> August 27, 2024 - 8:00am Julia Ann Easley /news/campus-serves-award-winning-response-cook-shortage Using Waste Heat to Decarbonize Food Processing /climate/news/decarbonizing-food-processing ٺƵ scientists are working to extract wasted heat from appliances and industrial emissions to help decarbonize food processing systems. June 12, 2024 - 1:46pm Malia N Reiss /climate/news/decarbonizing-food-processing Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation Groundbreaking /news/lynda-and-stewart-resnick-center-agricultural-innovation-groundbreaking Construction officially began on the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation Wednesday with a groundbreaking event at the University of California, Davis. May 31, 2024 - 2:29pm Emily C Dooley /news/lynda-and-stewart-resnick-center-agricultural-innovation-groundbreaking A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities /climate/news/drying-salton-sea-pollutes-neighboring-communities Dust particles from the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed increased air pollution in local communities, found a ٺƵ study. The pollution coincides with reduced flows into the lake. May 29, 2024 - 12:00pm Emily C Dooley /climate/news/drying-salton-sea-pollutes-neighboring-communities