by Michael Tapia | Apr 19, 2023 | Faculty News
By: Leigh Bernacchi, VISTA F3 Executive Director The new UC Merced Farms Food Future innovation initiative is investing in 10 graduate researchers to solve climate and community challenges. Their work is the start of a concerted focus in climate-smart agriculture for...
by Michael Tapia | Apr 3, 2023 | Faculty News
By Patty Guerra, UC Merced April 3, 2023 While UC Merced’s Experimental Smart Farm is focused on technology and automation, it’s also about machine-human collaboration. That was among the messages UC Merced’s representatives shared in a panel...
by Michael Tapia | Mar 28, 2023 | Event, Faculty News
LOCATION:SCUP Pacific Regional Conference Davis, CA SPEAKER:Brendan Connolly DATE & TIME:03.28.2023 | 1:30 pm–2:30 pm Food production is a significant driver of human and environmental health. University of California (UC) Merced’s new interdisciplinary...
by Michael Tapia | Mar 1, 2023 | Faculty News
By: Charles Radke Ingredients to transform the economy California’s vast Central Valley has long been globally recognized for its distinctive agricultural economy, one that produces hundreds of commodities valued at billions of dollars every year. The region feeds the...
by Michael Tapia | Nov 16, 2022 | Faculty News
By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced November 16, 2022 UCs Merced and Santa Cruz became the newest campuses in the system to be named an agricultural experiment stations (AES), UC President Michael Drake announced at today’s Regents’ meeting. They are the first campuses in...
by Michael Tapia | Oct 22, 2022 | Company News, Faculty News
By: Vanessa Vasconcelos FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — One of the oldest buildings in downtown Fresno that’s sat vacant for decades is poised to become a central hub for agriculture and innovation. But that’s only part of what’s to come for the...