March 15, 2024
Innovating agriculture for a greener world
UCSC student Eric Vetha aims to revolutionize agriculture and environmental sustainability as part of Frontier Fellows program, bridging his robotics expertise to find sustainable methods to better Earth’s future.
Oct 30, 2023
Multidisciplinary team will develop advanced rhizosphere carbon imaging for climate change research with support of major DOE grant
Where plant roots meet the earth — a zone scientists call the rhizosphere — a complex set of biological and physicochemical processes occur.
Oct 9, 2023
System-wide leaders visit campus to discuss next steps in Agricultural Experiment Station designation
A group from University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources visited UC Santa Cruz to discuss implementation for the campus’s official designation as an Agricultural Experiment.
Sep 28, 2023
US Department of Agriculture visits UC Santa Cruz to learn about research and workforce development projects
UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, and students shared information about USDA-funded research and education projects on campus.
Sep 27, 2023
Research partnership will turn power plant emissions into fish feed
A $2 million grant from the Department of Energy will support a partnership between UC Santa Cruz’s ecological aquaculture research team and the company Global Algae Innovations.
Jul 28, 2023
Engineering faculty take on innovative climate resilience projects
From building more efficient greenhouses to improving wildfire management, Baskin Engineering professors are leading three major projects to address climate crisis issues with funding from UCSC’s newly launched Center for Coastal Climate Resilience.
Jun 22, 2023
UC Santa Cruz receives $10 million grant to cultivate diverse food and agriculture professional
The United States Department of Agriculture awarded the University of California, Santa Cruz a $10 million grant to lead a transformative five-year project.
Jun 15, 2023
Interdisciplinary team wins Small Farm prize in first-ever Farm Robotics Challenge
On the UC Santa Cruz farm, a small self-driving tractor navigates itself over a line of broccoli, avoiding the crops while removing the weeds that may interfere with their growth.
Apr 24, 2023
Electrical engineer wins award to support improvement of efficient, low-cost agricultural soil sensor systems
UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Colleen Josephson is a recipient of the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research’s (FFAR) 2022 New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award, the organization announced.
Mar 2, 2023
Leaf wetness sensor will enable better plant disease forecasting and management
Plant diseases limit the output of agricultural workers and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in global crop production loss each year.
Jan 23, 2023
Five student teams embark on tech for social good projects
From living solar panels to education through digital storytelling for formerly incarcerated peoples, students at UC Santa Cruz are tackling today’s pressing issues through technological innovation.
Nov 16, 2022
UC Santa Cruz earns Agricultural Experiment Station designation
The designation marks more than 50 years of industry-leading research in organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices at the campus and opens doors to expand community impact.
Oct 20, 2022
Food system researcher unpacks the narratives driving a race for new protein sources
UC Santa Cruz professor and food system expert Julie Guthman’s latest paper explores the cultural mythologies around protein.
Sep 7, 2022
With Pivot Fellowship, astronomer J. Xavier Prochaska turns to oceanography
A new program from the Simons Foundation supports successful researchers who have a deep interest, curiosity, and drive to make contributions to a new discipline.
Jul 12, 2022
New study dives deep into the sustainability of an alternative aquaculture feed ingredient
Researchers with UC Santa Cruz’s ecological aquaculture facility have developed a new life cycle sustainability assessment documenting the environmental benefits and impacts of using the marine microalga Schizochytrium sp. as an alternative aquaculture feed ingredient to replace fish oil sourced from wild-caught forage fish.
Jul 2, 2021
New research on aquaculture feed will test alternative ingredients to help minimize water pollution
Researchers from UC Santa Cruz’s ecological aquaculture lab won a three-year, $1 million grant from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative at the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Jan 19, 2021
Grant funding will advance aquaculture research in UCSC’s new state-of-the-art facility
The research team is developing new sustainable feed for farmed rainbow trout. They are on a mission to help “uncouple” aquaculture from ocean food webs by improving fish-free feed options.
Nov 12, 2020
Research breakthrough achieves fish-free aquaculture feed that raises key standards
After six years of research, a team of scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz has developed a potentially cost-effective new aquaculture feed that eliminates conventional fish.