A new form of ownership agreement keeps new plant varieties free for all

Monica White works to ensure greater inclusion in our food system

Patricia Paskov

When scientists in Kenya needed help developing a certification program for seed potatoes, a CALS plant pathologist stepped up to the task. The new program […]

Peru, farmers hedge their bets. Located 12,000 feet above sea level, on the side of an Andean mountain, Puno has a growing season that’s short, cool and prone to frost.

1   They’re crazy nutritious and gluten-free. Hazelnuts are rich in vitamins (particularly vitamin E and B-complex groups of vitamins, including folates, riboflavin, niacin, thiamin) as […]

CALS students and faculty are in the forefront of efforts to develop plant varieties for a burgeoning market

Bees, so crucial to our food supply, are dying off at alarming rates. CALS researchers are taking a close look at everything from the microbes in their hives to the landscapes they live in to identify in what conditions bees thrive.

This “supergrain” is not a grain. Quinoa (KEEN-wah) is not even in the grass family, unlike such grains as wheat, rye, oat and corn. As […]

BS’06 Horticulture

Learn how you can do egg dying with natural rather than synthetic dyes.

Jed Colquhoun found eager partners when figuring out how to get food waste from farms to people in need. Now they’ve created a system that serves as a national model.