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The Future of Food

January 14, 2020

Sustainability

Food is more than the energy that fuels our bodies –– it is preventive medicine. Maybe not a cheesy chimichanga, but the type of food that is loaded with vitamins and proteins can maximize the benefits to the human body.

UC Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital Treats K-9 Patrol Dog for State Parks

January 14, 2020

Health

Nevada County’s only K-9 dog patrolling regional state parks has been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease. Patrol dog Miro was treated and eventually released from UC Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital and is recovering at home with his handler, state parks Ranger Martin Gilbertson.

Taking a Byte Out of Big Data in Farming

January 13, 2020

Sustainability

The volume of data produced globally is massive, tracking everything from how much television we watch, to worldwide weather patterns, to the nutrient content of the soil we use to grow food.

UC Davis Veterinarian to Assist Animals in Australia Wildfires, Local Students Pitch In

January 13, 2020

Health

The wildfires have ravaged natural habitat for wildlife indigenous to Australia and now groups from the states are doing what they can to help. Erin Brady is the Home Economics teacher at Spring View Middle School in Rocklin.

The Delta’s Sinking Islands

January 12, 2020

Sustainability

A fight over the management of a diked island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is shining a light on a growing conundrum for California water managers, farmers and environmentalists over the best way to restore natural habitat on cropland created more than a century ago by draining marshes.

Why did Renee Zellweger have UC Davis on Her Mind and How is Her Dog Involved?

January 12, 2020

Health

Before receiving an achievement award last week at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival for her starring role as Judy Garland in the Hollywood biopic “Judy,” Renee Zellweger noted that her dog had recently been treated in the Sacramento area.

Gun Buybacks: What the Research Says

January 09, 2020

Health

The thinking among academics has shifted a bit in the past few years when it comes to gun buybacks.

Survey Finds Public Support for Two California Firearm Policy Proposals

January 09, 2020

Health

Most Californians – and at least half of gun owners – support two policy proposals aimed at reducing firearm injury and death.

Filmmaker Talks About Her Films on Autism and Lecture at MIND Institute

January 08, 2020

Health

Autism gets a lot of attention. In media reports, in schools, in communities. But, if you don’t know anyone on the autism spectrum, you likely don’t really know very much about it.

How Can Agriculture be a Part of the Climate Solution?

January 07, 2020

Benjamin Houlton, champion for the One Climate Initiative, partners with the ag industry to develop carbon farming. Agriculture can potentially create negative emissions by capturing carbon and storing it in the soil.