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Food Production (Video)

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In 2040 there will be 9 billion people to feed. Experts from around the world are researching ways to produce enough food without harming the environment.

Episodes

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Climate Change: What it Means for Our Agriculture and Our Health - Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation

A panel of experts discusses climate change and its effects on our agriculture and our health, while also offering insights into how we as i...

01:28:39May 6, 2019

The Ocean's Stethoscope: How Technology is Being Used to Study Fish Populations - Exploring Ethics

Sooner or later, the food requirements of nine billion people with increasing appetites for seafood must be addressed. Although aquaculture...

00:59:00Apr 22, 2019

Majoring in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

UC Davis has one of the best agriculture schools in the world, helping to feed a growing a population. Take a peek at the SAFS major in the...

00:01:22Mar 12, 2019

2018 Innovator of the Year - DryCard™

The DryCard™ is an inexpensive device developed by UC Davis researchers, Michael Reid and Jim Thompson, for determining if dried food is dry...

00:02:08Oct 29, 2018

Pig Personality - A Closer Look at Farm Animals

At the Animal Science Swine Center at UC Davis, Kristina Horback studies pig personality. She monitors the behavior of female pig from birth...

00:01:27Oct 16, 2018

Turning Waste into Food at a California Caviar Farm

Until recently, wastewater from the fish tanks on the Tsar Nicholai farm emptied into a giant man-made pond, but now the caviar farm is usin...

00:02:13Oct 16, 2018

Can We Grow One of the World’s Largest Food Crops Without Fertilizer?

Researchers from UC Davis, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Mars, Incorporated have made a remarkable discovery: an indigenous varie...

00:04:08Oct 4, 2018

Hi-Tech Farming from UC Davis

Thanks to technology the farm of the future produces more food with less water and less impact on the environment and climate. And it also p...

00:01:21Oct 2, 2018

California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross

Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, discusses the future of food and public policy in California and...

00:58:07Sep 12, 2018

How to Make a Hoppy Beer - Without the Hops

UC Berkeley biologists have come up with a way to create beer’s unique flavors and aromas without using hops. The researchers created strain...

00:01:08Aug 9, 2018

Growing Plants with Less Water?

Crops possibly can be grown with significantly less water by altering a gene involved in regulating photosynthesis, according to new researc...

00:01:10Aug 9, 2018

Farming for the Future: Claire Kremen

Agriculture today is extraordinarily productive, although sadly many people are chronically hungry, malnourished or obese. And the way we fa...

00:04:51Jul 25, 2018

Let Food Be Thy Medicine -- Future Thought Leaders

In collaboration with the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Nutrition, the Berry Good Food Foundation convenes a panel of experts to discu...

01:20:00Jun 15, 2018

Seafood: Our Narrow Scope of What to Purchase

Nationally prominent chefs, fishermen, academics, and activists call on consumers to choose local species of fish when possible to protect t...

00:02:18Dec 12, 2017

Appetite for Organic Foods Brings Big Opportunities - John Foraker Chairman of the Bunny Annie's Inc.

With more than 20 years of natural and organic business experience and a sharp focus on sustainability and social responsibility, UC Davis a...

00:58:46Dec 4, 2017

Managed Grazing Flourishing Habitats

Calla Rose Ostrander of Kiss the Ground shares insights into habitat conservation. Ostrander promotes the use of managed grazing to bring ab...

00:01:56Oct 30, 2017

Hello Food Industry Meet Food Activists

Large and growing food movements in the United States seek policy changes to promote healthier and more environmentally sound food choices....

00:04:17Oct 16, 2017

Food Politics and the Twenty-First Century Food Movement with Marion Nestle

The paradox of today’s global food system is that food insecurity or obesity threaten the health and welfare of half the world’s population....

01:11:50May 15, 2017

Food Justice: Economics Ethics Access -- Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation

Veteran labor activist Dolores Huerta joins food journalist Rose Hayden-Smith and others for an animated discussion on why food insecurity s...

01:24:52May 15, 2017

On the Way to a Safe and Abundant Food Supply

With an ever growing population some high-tech approaches for sustainable agriculture are being tested. Join Kristen Simoes as she explores...

00:02:27Mar 20, 2017