Food &amp; Agriculture Content / Food &amp; Agriculture Content for ٺƵ en Could Easing Restrictions on Street-Food Vending Improve Public Health and Economy? /curiosity/blog/how-can-easing-restrictions-street-food-vending-improve-public-health-and-economy Many cities and counties across the state continue to have ordinances that block street food vending. The Safe Sidewalk Vending Act states that municipalities cannot dictate where vendors can operate unless there is a public health concern. December 13, 2021 - 10:08am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/blog/how-can-easing-restrictions-street-food-vending-improve-public-health-and-economy Increasing Temperatures Led to Better-Tasting Wine Grapes, but for How Long? /food/news/increasing-temperatures-led-better-tasting-grapes-how-long Increasing temperatures from climate change have led to better tasting wine grapes, but a new ٺƵ study suggests we may be at a tipping point. October 04, 2021 - 11:45am Amy M Quinton /food/news/increasing-temperatures-led-better-tasting-grapes-how-long What’s a GMO Dinner? /food/news/savoring-science/whats-gmo-dinner <p><span><span>Rainbow papayas, non-bruising potatoes, pink pineapples, salmon and beer were just some of the GMO (genetically modified organism) foods served at an all-GMO dinner in Davis. The dinner was a prelude to the ٺƵ-hosted international Transgenic Animal Research Conference, which focuses on new developments in genetic engineering of animals. </span></span></p> September 08, 2021 - 2:02pm Amy M Quinton /food/news/savoring-science/whats-gmo-dinner Backyard Chickens Need More Regulation /news/backyard-chickens-need-more-regulation-if-birds-and-people-are-going-be-safe-uc-davis-study <p>Historically, keeping backyard chickens was a response to economic hardship — whether it was in the Depression or during wartime food rationing.</p> March 01, 2018 - 4:29pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/backyard-chickens-need-more-regulation-if-birds-and-people-are-going-be-safe-uc-davis-study Earth BioGenome Project to Sequence All Life /news/earth-biogenome-project-sequence-all-life <p>In an effort to protect and preserve the Earth’s biodiversity and kick-start an inclusive bio-economy, the World Economic Forum today announced a landmark partnership between the Earth BioGenome Project, chaired by Harris Lewin, distinguished professor at ٺƵ, and the Earth Bank of Codes to map the DNA of all life on Earth.&nbsp;</p> January 23, 2018 - 10:12am Andy Fell /news/earth-biogenome-project-sequence-all-life Newly Identified Enzyme May Be the Culprit in Pierce’s Disease Grapevine Damage /news/newly-identified-enzyme-may-be-culprit-pierces-disease-grapevine-damage <p>ٺƵ plant scientists have identified an enzyme that appears to play a key role in the insect-transmitted bacterial infection of grapevines with Pierce’s disease, which annually costs California’s grape and wine industries more than $100 million.</p> <p>The researchers hope that the discovery, which runs counter to existing theories, will lead to new diagnostics and potential treatments for Pierce’s disease. Their findings are <a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/srep18598.">reported in Scientific Reports</a>, an online journal of the Nature Publishing Group.</p> January 12, 2016 - 12:00am Patricia Bailey /news/newly-identified-enzyme-may-be-culprit-pierces-disease-grapevine-damage Paris climate talk experts /news/paris-climate-talk-experts <p>The ٺƵ scientists below can provide expert comment on the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21), held Nov. 30-Dec. 11 in Paris. They can present a localized view of the global talks. Except where noted, these experts will be in California during the conference.</p> November 23, 2015 - 10:40am IET WebDev /news/paris-climate-talk-experts Pumpkin science at ٺƵ /news/pumpkin-science-uc-davis <p>Pumpkins are more than big orange fruits — those long, fat vines are of great interest to biologists, too. William Lucas, professor in the ٺƵ Department of Plant Biology, uses pumpkin and related plants such as watermelon, cucumber and melon — known as the cucurbits — to study how the different parts of a plant communicate with each other.</p> October 28, 2015 - 9:46am IET WebDev /news/pumpkin-science-uc-davis Voracious bats scary to pests /news/voracious-bats-scary-pests <p>Bats are causing some farmers to shriek ... with glee. One of nature’s “insecticides,” bats can gobble up as much as two-thirds of their body weight in insects in one night. ٺƵ doctoral student <a href="http://egsa.ucdavis.edu/blog/author/kpingram/">Katherine Ingram</a> has spent the past three years <a href="http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/07/14/bats-could-help-walnut-growers-control-costs/">examining</a> bat droppings to see to what degree bats could replace synthetic pesticides in walnut growers’ battle against codling moths.</p> October 28, 2015 - 9:46am IET WebDev /news/voracious-bats-scary-pests Map identifies farmland with greatest potential for groundwater recharge /news/map-identifies-farmland-greatest-potential-groundwater-recharge <p>Growers, researchers, policymakers and others can now pinpoint California’s most promising parcels of farmland to help replenish the state’s dwindling groundwater supplies, thanks to a new interactive map developed by the California Soil Resource Lab at the University of California, Davis.</p> <p>The Soil Agricultural Groundwater Banking Index provides site-specific information on millions of acres of California farmland based on previous research led by Toby O’Geen, a UC Cooperative Extension specialist with the ٺƵ Department of Land, Air and Water Resources.</p> October 22, 2015 - 9:25am IET WebDev /news/map-identifies-farmland-greatest-potential-groundwater-recharge