Food Waste Content / Food Waste Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en 7 Inspiring Climate Change Solutions /climate/news/6-inspiring-climate-change-solutions Plastic made from cheese whey? Growing food with pistachio shells? Wildfire-proof housing? Seven inspiring ºÙºÙÊÓƵ research projects seek climate solutions for California and beyond. April 22, 2024 - 9:06am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/6-inspiring-climate-change-solutions Using Yeast to Convert Almond Hulls to Animal Feed /blog/using-yeast-convert-almond-hulls-animal-feed <p><span><span><span>Yeast grown on almond hulls could be a new, sustainable route to produce high-protein animal feed from an agricultural waste product, according to research from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ published Nov. 15 in <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0293085">PLOS One</a>. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Raising animals for meat requires livestock feed that is high in protein, especially essential amino acids that animals need to grow. That makes feed the most expensive input in meat production. </span></span></span></p> November 30, 2023 - 2:38pm Andy Fell /blog/using-yeast-convert-almond-hulls-animal-feed A Dry Idea to Save Energy and Preserve Food /blog/dry-idea-save-energy-and-preserve-food <p><span><span>Have you ever stopped to think about how much energy it takes to dry the coffee beans in your coffee? Or the corn in the tortilla chip you’re crunching? Or the rice in your sushi roll? Probably not — you might lose your appetite. </span></span></p> April 08, 2022 - 9:41am Katherine E Kerlin /blog/dry-idea-save-energy-and-preserve-food Finding New Life for Wine-Grape Residue /food/news/finding-new-life-wine-grape-residue <p><span><span><span><span>California produces nearly 4 million tons of world-class wine each year, but with that comes thousands of tons of residue like grape skins, seeds, stems and pulp. What if scientists could harness that viticultural waste to help promote human health?</span></span></span></span></p> April 22, 2021 - 10:35am Amy M Quinton /food/news/finding-new-life-wine-grape-residue THE DOWNLOAD: Women's Basketball Champions Again /news/download-womens-basketball-champions-again <div class="align-right media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/news/campus-news/2018/mar/uc-davis-wbb-big-west-champs.jpg" width="1080" height="1080" alt="Women's basketball team with text that reads &quot;Champs&quot;" typeof="Image"> </div> <p>The team won a share of the title with a victory on Thursday (Feb. 28), and won the title outright by winning another game two days later.</p> March 05, 2019 - 11:50am Cody Kitaura /news/download-womens-basketball-champions-again ºÙºÙÊÓƵ DryCard Invention Wins Competition to Reduce Food Loss in Africa /food/news/uc-davis-drycard-invention-wins-competition-reduce-food-loss-africa <p>DryCard, a new low-cost invention developed by ºÙºÙÊÓƵ researchers to help prevent food spoilage, was recently selected as the top emerging technology for reducing food loss and food waste throughout Africa.</p> April 27, 2017 - 10:04am Patricia Bailey /food/news/uc-davis-drycard-invention-wins-competition-reduce-food-loss-africa