Happy Anniversary Smith-Lever Act
The day of May 8 marks an important anniversary for American agriculture and our nation’s communities: it’s the 103rd anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 created …
UC launches Good Food for Local Schools website
School lunches play a vital role in feeding and nourishing America’s children. More than 30 million of the nation’s children eat at least one meal a day at school. There is an opportunity, …
Heirlooms, gardens and civic agriculture
As we approach the summer solstice and the longest day of the year, I focus more on gardening. I garden both at home and increasingly, in a community setting at …
Experiment in Irvine takes crops’ water use to a new low
In the Southern California community of Irvine, vital water research is taking place at a 200-acre University of California research center. Darren Haver, the director of UC’s South Coast Research …
“They tried to arrest me for planting carrots”
Garden activist Ron Finley writes an eloquent piece for Fortune magazine. In it, he shares the story of how the seeds of his activism were planted, and the ways in …