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Daily Wrap: Thursday 9/3/15

Good morning! Here’s a brief wrap of some important stories as you start your day. A reminder: the UC Food Observer will be skipping the Friday and Monday wrap as …

Daily Wrap: Monday 8/10/15

The UC Food Observer chooses some important stories for you to read each work day. On today’s menu, in no particular order: 1. Two scoops are better than one. Our …

Field Recordings

This episode of Gastropd explores the “soundtrack” of farming. Co-hosts Cynthia Graber (@cagraber) and Nicola Twilley (@nicollatwilley) help us decode the meaning behind each sound…and teach us how we can …

Friday Wrap: 6/26/15

The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: Could buying smaller …

Menus reveal the history of Los Angeles

Nicola Twilley (@nicolatwilley) is the author of the blog “Edible Geography” and a co-host of the Gastropod podcast. Work by this author that we’ve included on the UC Food Observer: …

Gastropod on gastropods

With discussions of alternate sources of protein in the news, this episode of Gastropod seems incredibly relevant. The team travels to rural Washington State to learn how to raise snails. …

Friday Wrap: 4/24/15

UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: a Q & A …