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Daily Wrap: 7/13/15

The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read each work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many important and wonderful …

Q&A: Mike Mellano, California flower grower

“We believe successful and sustainable businesses are built on relationships, whether family, employee or business relationships. A company with the longevity we’ve had, the experiences we’ve had, well, it’s the …

Friday Wrap: 7/10/15

The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you end your work week. On the menu, in no particular order:   1. “Is …

Q&A: Pam Ronald, UC plant geneticist

“It’s interesting that the public has come to believe that organic farming is diametrically opposed to genetics. That’s untrue…organic farmers also rely on genetic improvements. I’m lucky to have a …

Daily Wrap: 7/9/15

The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read each work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many important and wonderful …

Daily Wrap: 7/7/15

The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many …

Weekly Wrap: 7/2/15

The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. Typically, we provide this on Fridays, but we’ll be off …

Urban agriculture is part of our history

Urban agriculture continues to be a hot topic. In practice, urban agriculture has been a persistent and organized activity in our nation’s cities for well over a century. And one …

New questions about Listeria outbreak

A multi-state outbreak of Listeria that hospitalized 10 and was linked to the deaths of three people in Kansas led Texas-based Blue Bell Creamery to voluntarily recall all of its …

Lincoln: The Ability to Produce Food = Freedom

When he was stumping for the office of president in 1859, Abraham Lincoln equated the ability of Americans to produce food with freedom. Lincoln said this:   “And thorough work, …