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FDA Partners with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Western Center for Food Safety, and California Agricultural Stakeholders to Enhance Food Safety

November 19, 2020   Office of Public Affairs

Shared from an FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Constituent Update “California leads the world in leafy greens production and innovation. Industry and food safety officials are proud to partner on this in-depth scientific study protecting public health.” CDFA Secretary Karen Ross The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the launch of a multi-year study to …

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The “Iron Wolf” and whole orchard recycling – from the California Almond Board

February 4, 2016   Office of Public Affairs

California almond growers are examining new ways to deal with tree biomass produced by the removal of old orchards other than cogeneration burning. While sending the biomass to cogeneration converts the wood to electricity, returning the wood back to the soil would return the nutrients and energy back to the soil ecosystem. Thus, one concept getting closer attention is whole …

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Davis think-tank event invites solutions to world hunger – from the Sacramento Bee

June 1, 2015   Office of Public Affairs

By Sammy Caiola How do you feed 9 billion people by 2050? That question was posed Friday to a room of UC Davis students, community activists, farmers and Monsanto executives at a think tank-style event on campus. About 70 attendees were given Post-its, pencils, giant notepads and one challenge: Devise innovations that would produce more nutritious food with less waste …

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UC Davis named number-one ag school in the world

May 9, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10590 (Excerpted From a UC Davis News Release) The University of California, Davis, is No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in the area of agriculture and forestry, according to rankings released today by QS World University Rankings. This is the first year that the organization — which provides annual rankings in 29 other subject areas — has …

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