Funded by a 2020 Public Impact Research Initiative grant, Dr. Marcella Gonsalves is working with a local food bank to understand volunteer retention issues, and using community-based to prepare students for life after college.

The University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP) partnered with the COOK Alliance in 2020 to learn how we might work together to legalize and support enterprising cooks.

Dr. Katherine Kim at UC Davis partnered with the Nature Rights Council (NRC), a local non-profit organization in the Klamath Basin led by Samuel Gensaw, a Yurok Tribe member, and Amber Shelton to increase the research capacity for Yurok food sovereignty.

The UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP), a statewide program of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, is working with the COOK Alliance, a coalition of home cooks and their supporters, to organize a virtual convening of home cooks, their advocates and county officials and staff.

Through a Public Impact Research Initiative seed grant, Associate Professor Katherine Kim from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and the School of Medicine has been working with the Nature Rights Council to enhance the Yurok Tribe's capacity for health disparities research and program evaluation, as well as strengthen the quality of university’s community-engaged research. 

The impact of climate change on the ability of California’s premier wine regions to grow grape varieties like chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon, and the need to plan — and plant — for the future, will be the topic of a public online panel discussion hosted by the University of California, Davis, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

It’s not always easy to find silver linings during the COVID-19 pandemic, but here’s one that food scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered: More people are exploring the ancient art of fermented foods.

As a logistics officer in the Singapore Army, Jonathan Ho witnessed a level of poverty that inspired him to pursue a career in healthcare that would eventually lead him to UC Davis.

Natalia Deeb-Sossa, associate professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies, has a passion for an advocating for marginalized communities and addressing inequities.

Most operations at UC Davis have been suspended in response to California’s stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the infectious disease. Katharina Ullmann, Student Farm director, and a small, essential crew of staff and student employees work carefully to tend fields that feed local groups and provide a place where students can experience sustainable agriculture.