Tilden Park’s Jewel Lake is home to a community of Western pond turtles, a species that is struggling to survive the combined threats of climate change, habitat loss and competition from red-eared slider turtles. Former UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar Max Lambert is part of a team of wildlife experts who spent much of the pandemic checking in on the health of the Bay Area’s Western pond turtles, including those at Jewel Lake. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 37841]

Wellness Check for Tilden Park Turtles

Farmers in Cambodia have started to grow more vegetables to meet rising consumer demand, supported by innovations from a team led by UC Davis researchers. With help from Cambodia’s Royal University of Agriculture, farmers adopted "nethouses" to protect crops from pests without the use of chemical pesticides and packinghouses to better care for their crops after harvest. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 37826]

How Agricultural Innovations Help Feed the Future In Cambodia

Responders with the UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network traveled to Southern California to wash and release oiled birds, including federally threatened snowy plovers, after an oil spill near Huntington Beach in 2021. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 37812]

Saving Small Birds From Big Oil

Mushrooms play a crucial role in our natural ecosystem, they have been used medicinally by indigenous cultures for centuries, their nutritional value and hearty fiber make them an excellent meat substitute for chefs, and the mainstream medical community is evaluating psilocybin benefits in combating PTSD, anxiety, addiction, and other conditions. Michelle Ciccarelli Lerach hosts  spiritual healer Matthew Alvarado, Mindful Mushrooms owner Ivo Fedak, CEO of M2 Ingredients Jan Hall, Mark Kalia, MD, Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD UCSD, environmental scientist Danielle Stevenson, and  co-owner and chef at The Plot and Wrench &amp; Rodent Seabasstropub Davin Waite for a discussion on the amazing impacts of mushrooms.  Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 37279]

The Magic of Mushrooms: Revolutionizing the Future of Food Farming and Medicine - Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation 

Knights Landing is a small, rural community just north of Davis, CA.  With little access to a local grocery store, volunteers from UC Davis helped complete a community garden so they can grow their own fresh produce. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 37405]

Knights Landing - Community Garden

UC Santa Cruz researchers have shown that pumas will go to great lengths to avoid humans, and it’s taking a toll on them. They’re concerned about the long-term impacts on the ecosystem. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 37469]

Male Pumas' Energy Spent Avoiding Humans Linked to Smaller Home Ranges

This presentation examines how the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries have created climate emergencies that have threatened global food production, human health, and soil health. Experts explore the ubiquitous presence of chemicals in our food supply and the significant, cumulative impacts of extreme heat, pesticides, herbicides, and GMOs on agricultural communities, as well as the promise of regenerative agriculture. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 36858]

Reimagining An Equitable Food System: Impact of Food Production on Agricultural Communities

Chandra Krintz is a professor of Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara. SmartFarm is a research project that investigates the design and implementation of an open source, hybrid cloud approach to agriculture analytics for enabling sustainable farming practices.  Series: "Institute for Energy Efficiency" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 36803]

The SmartFarm Project - Chandra Krintz

Stuart Woolf is President and CEO of Woolf Farming &amp; Processing, a family owned operation whose primary business is the production and processingof agricultural commodities.  Series: "Institute for Energy Efficiency" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 36802]

Stuart Woolf is President and CEO of Woolf Farming &amp; Processing, a family owned operation whose primary business is the production and processing<br>of agricultural commodities.  Series: "Institute for Energy Efficiency" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 36802]

A Perspective from the California Agricultural Industry - Stuart Woolf

Scientists at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory are conducting "urchin ranching" trials as a creative solution to purple urchin overpopulation, which has contributed to the crashing of the bull kelp forest in California. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 36769]

Scientists at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory are conducting "urchin ranching" trials as a creative solution to purple urchin overpopulation, which has contributed to the crashing of the bull kelp forest in California.<br> Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 36769]

Urchin Ranching

Food policy, production, and challenges are addressed with programs covering commercial agricultural practices and tips for the backyard gardener. Visit uctv.tv/gardening

Food policy, production, and challenges are addressed with programs covering commercial agricultural practices and tips for the backyard gardener. Visit <a href="http://uctv.tv/gardening" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uctv.tv/gardening</a>

Agriculture and Natural Resources (Video)

Transformative field experiences at our 600-acre Fort Ord Natural Reserve are inspiring a new generation of natural scientists. The incredible outdoor classroom offers opportunities for students, scientists, and the community to learn about rare maritime chaparral habitats, threatened endemic species, land management, and conservation biology like never before. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 35253]

Fort Ord Reserve: Connecting Community to Research and Conservation

Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle (NYU) and Laura Schmidt (UCSF) discuss nutrition policy and research, scientific conflicts of interest, the upcoming Dietary Guidelines, global food systems and more in this conversation about the food industry's influence on scientific research. Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 34565]

Food Nutrition and Politics: A Conversation with Marion Nestle

Michael Pollan

Renowned journalist, author, and food intellectual Michael Pollan receives the 2014 Nierenberg Award for Science in the Public Interest and takes you on a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion from the personal to the global on the production, economics and politics of food. Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 28561]

An Evening with Michael Pollan: Nierenberg Award 2014

Brylyne Chitsunge is an internationally acclaimed expert and facilitator of the Nigeria-South Africa Group on Agriculture and a tireless advocate for farmers in her native South Africa. Chitsunge counts herself among the 70 percent of farmers who are women in South Africa. Despite the challenges facing women farmers in her country, she was able to buy her own land and works as a farmer and breeder of Kalahari Red goats, Nguni cattle, free range poultry, indigenous pigs and most recently Tilapia fish. She works to educate farmers about sustainable farming and community supported agriculture, and she has particular interest in developing resources for small-scale farmers. Series: "UC Davis Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series" [Public Affairs] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 24920]

Farming in the 21st Century: A Woman's Perspective from South Africa 

A panel of experts discusses climate change and its effects on our agriculture and our health, while also offering insights into how we as individuals can work to limit its negative impacts and create positive change. Series: "Future Thought Leaders" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 34568]

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

Agriculture is a major force of global environmental change, and currently accounts for more global greenhouse gas release than transportation. With the demand for crops projected to double by 2050 University of Minnesota Professor David Tilman explores the impacts that increase will have in the decades to come, and how to manage this with proper planning and global management. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science &amp; Management" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 21391]

Food Energy and The Environment: Can We Feed the World and Save the Earth?

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 College of Agriculture and Environmental Science at UC Davis. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 34585]

Majoring in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

Food waste in the United States is at an all-time high. More than 40 percent of all edible food is tossed out each year and half of that is fresh but slightly imperfect produce. What to do?  A panel of experts convened by Kitchens for Good and the Berry Good Food Foundation explores how to reverse this trend by connecting suppliers with those who will benefit most from increased access to healthy foods. This is the third of four programs presented by the Future Thought Leaders series. Series: "Climate Solutions  " [Health and Medicine] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 30712]

Reimagining Food Waste: Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation 

Anna Lappé discusses how the food system impacts so many different aspects of our lives and how recent and diverse social movements motivated by a profound ethic of food are transforming how we feed ourselves. The choices that we make as individuals — and as a society — about food have ripples that affect every aspect of our lives, from the environment to the climate, from social justice to public health.  Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 29328]

Ethics at the End of a Fork

In a world of advanced technology, science, and environmental concern we talk to students who have a vision for the future of farming and are working to create high-tech tools to help make agriculture more precise.  We also take a look at plant genetics, biotechnology, and a unique couple - an organic farmer and a plant geneticist –both of whom work at UC Davis and strongly believe that the two traditionally opposing sides actually have the same goals. Series: "9 Billion Mouths to Feed:  The Future of Farming" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 24297]

High Tech Agriculture - 9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming (Ep. 4)

Roger N. Beachy, who directs the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, addresses government support of agricultural research. A panel of expert then further explores the science that supports American agriculture. Series: "UC Davis Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 20778]

Can Support of Science for Agriculture Prosper Inside the Beltway?

An overview of how programs at the University of California are striving to meet the challenge of feeding an ever-growing global population with sustainable practices. Series: "9 Billion Mouths to Feed:  The Future of Farming" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 30780]

9 Billion Mouths to Feed: Leading the Way to Abundance and Sustainability

Cesar Chavez

The UC San Diego Library announces the purchase of the Farmworker Movement Documentation Project, an online archive containing thousands of documents related to the history of the United Farm Workers’ union and related events. A short video on the  historic March to Sacramento in 1966 is shown followed by a discussion with two participants in the march: Roberto Bustos and LeRoy Chatfield, key advisors to Cesar Chávez. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 28138]

Cesar Chavez and the Farmworker Movement -- The Library Channel 

Anna Lappe

Anna Lappé looks at the hidden cost of our food system: the climate crisis. Our web of global food production and distribution is connected to as much as one third of total greenhouse-gas emissions.  She offers a vision of a food system that can be part of healing the planet. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 31713]

Food Climate and Hope with Anna Lappe

Matthew Johnston, CEO of HM.CLAUSE, a global seed producer,  explores scaling up in the seed business, the agricultural economy, creating long term partnerships with regional food producers, and the need for innovation and responsible management. HM.CLAUSE is a global leader in the production and sale of high-quality vegetable seeds tailored to local environments and customers. Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series" [Agriculture] [Business] [Show ID: 31749]

Global Reach Local Touch: Scaling Up in the Seed Business

To mark the 50th anniversary of “Silent Spring,” Rachel Carson’s landmark  book that helped launch the environmental movement,  the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology presents “Alternatives to Insecticides: High Impact Solutions Without Environmental Trade-offs.”  In this talk, Stephen Welter of San Diego State University focuses on biologically based alternatives to insecticide use in American agriculture that also consider non-target environmental effects, worker safety issues, and consumer needs as well as the more traditional models of economic trade-offs. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 24292]

To mark the 50th anniversary of “Silent Spring,” Rachel Carson’s landmark  book that helped launch the environmental movement,  the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology presents <br>“Alternatives to Insecticides: High Impact Solutions Without Environmental Trade-offs.”  In this talk, Stephen Welter of San Diego State University focuses on biologically based alternatives to insecticide use in American agriculture that also consider non-target environmental effects, worker safety issues, and consumer needs as well as the more traditional models of economic trade-offs. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 24292]

Alternatives to Insecticides: High Impact Solutions Without Environmental Trade-offs - The Silent Spring Series - Exploring Ethics 

A distinguished panel focuses on the geopolitical, ethical, economic and technical challenges facing food systems from a global perspective followed by a discussion centered on the environmental pressures that exacerbate these global challenges.  Part 1 of 2. Series: "University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 25622]

Converging Forces in Food Systems: How to Feed 8 Billion People by 2025 and Protect the Planet's Natural Resources - Global Panel Part 1

A diverse panel of experts – from academics to activists to ranchers – discuss the moral, animal welfare, human health and environmental issues surrounding meat production and consumption.  This is the second of a four-part series covering food sustainability sponsored by the Berry Good Food Foundation.   Series: "Climate Solutions  " [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 30711]

Meaty Issues: Meat -- Friend or Foe? Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation 

When they began their studies at UC Santa Barbara in the 1980s, Greg Massa and Raquel Krach would never have imagined themselves where they are today: growing organic crops on a family farm outside of Chico. But a tropical biology program in Costa Rica sparked an appreciation of the role of ecology in agriculture and kindled a love – for farming and for each other – that set a new trajectory for their lives. Series: "Going Places: UC Education Abroad" [Agriculture] [Education] [Show ID: 24593]

Changing Lives: Back to the Farm - UC Education Abroad

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