Gardening and Agriculture (Video) Podcast
1) Can Science Save California Tomatoes From Invasive Weeds?
UC Davis researchers are using innovative techniques, including drone data collection, to battle an invasive species of weed that is threatening California's tomato industry. Orobanche ramosa isn’t j...Show More
2) Dodging Day Zero: Drought Adaptation And Inequality In Cape Town
In the coming decades, individuals around the world must adapt to changing environmental conditions, often driven by climate change. Adaptation requires significant resources, prompting the question o...Show More
3) Growing Crops with Less Groundwater
Learn about UC Davis’ innovative approach to growing crops with less groundwater in drought-prone regions like California. The UC Davis Agricultural Water Center is working with farmers in California ...Show More
4) How Agricultural Innovations Help Feed the Future In Cambodia
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...Show More
5) Saving Small Birds From Big Oil
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 Huntingt...Show More
6) The Magic of Mushrooms: Revolutionizing the Future of Food Farming and Medicine - Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation
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 subst...Show More
7) Knights Landing - Community Garden
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 ow...Show More
8) Male Pumas' Energy Spent Avoiding Humans Linked to Smaller Home Ranges
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 ...Show More
9) How Do Zebra Stripes Stop Biting Flies?
Why do Zebras have stripes? Scientists have learned it is to avoid biting flies. But, what is it about stripes that so disrupts a biting fly’s ability to land on a zebra and suck its blood? UC Davis P...Show More
10) Local Extinction of Mountain Lions in Southern California Possible Within 50 Years
Two isolated mountain lion populations in Southern California’s Santa Ana and Santa Monica Mountains are at risk of local extinction, perhaps as soon as within 50 years, according to a study published...Show More