Wrap: The return of the “Victory Garden”, where to find answers to your garden questions, and more
I hope that this finds you and yours keeping well. Like many folks, food and gardening are on my mind. Here’s a wrap of some things you may find …
Wrap: The return of the “Victory Garden”, where to find answers to your garden questions, and more
I hope that this finds you and yours keeping well. Like many folks, food and gardening are on my mind. Here’s a wrap of some things you may find …
Food Gardens for a Changing World
“Food gardening tends to be focused on individual benefits. But with the crises we are experiencing, it is more and more obvious that for our own good, we need …
Food Policy Councils Are Empowering Communities
In a growing number of communities, food policy councils (also called “food system alliances”) have emerged to address gaps in local policies that focus on food. Most communities have …
What a World War 1 Poster Can Teach Us About #FoodWaste
There’s an increasing awareness of the negative impacts of food waste. A quick reminder of what’s at stake: In a guest blog post for UC Food Observer, UC researcher Wendi Gosliner (part …
Smallholder farms in Uganda and Malaysia face similar challenges
The Importance of Cash Crops to Smallholders Over the last three to four years I’ve been lucky to work on a couple of development projects with smallholder farmers in Uganda …
Cal Ag #GlobalFood special issue now available
ICYMI: The University of California’s CalAg #GlobalFood Initiative special issue is now available. It’s a double-sized serving of the highly respected peer-reviewed journal, featuring 96-pages of research and other pieces related to …
Gardens lead us places. A passion for gardens and their potential to transform people and communities has threaded through both my professional and personal life. As a garden-based educator, I …
Struggles Of Growing Organic-Certified Asian Produce In Southern California
Editor’s Note: The UC Food Observer shares content with our media partners at KCET in Southern California. We’re delighted to share this excerpt from a #longread by Clarissa Wei, which appears as part …
It is summer and the farmers markets are in full swing around the United States. Crispy carrots, beets in jewel tones and multicolored radishes are just some of the local …
Exhibit Highlights Nation’s Gardening History, Urban Ag Workshops Offered in LA
Something Beautiful AND Informative. From Jezebel: The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Gardens has created a #mustsee exhibit: “Cultivating America’s Gardens.” The exhibit explores the nation’s history of gardening from various aspects: …