food

Three dried grapevine specimens, mounted on paper, are spread across a table. Behind the table stand two individuals who are smiling at the camera. Storage cabinets that are filled with file folders can be seen in the background.

Research

What a century-old grapevine reveals about a disease that plagues wine country

UC Berkeley researchers used bacterial DNA from a 120-year-old herbarium specimen to reconstruct the history of Pierce’s disease in California.

An extended family (grandparents, mother, small child, father) eat. and serve Thanksgiving table in this black-and-white photograph.

Arts & culture

How to think about Thanksgiving like a food historian

an orange slice of bread and an orange liquid in a white bowl being topped with a drop of amber liquid from a pipette

Research

Can fungi turn food waste into the next culinary sensation?

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Campus news

Forager, runner, election auditor: This expert seeks answers on the trail

A photo shows students gathered around a professor who is providing a cooking lesson in a large kitchen.

Rausser College launches Master of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics

cattle in a pen

Global elimination of meat production could save the planet

Quinoa growing on Bolivia's Taraco Peninsula.

The superfoods that fueled ancient Andeans through 2,500 years of turmoil

A woman, a man, and a small boy gather around a mixing bowl in a kitchen.

Food stamps stretch farther when recipients have time to cook

a student works in a garden wearing a mask

Berkeley Student Farms grows more than food at UC Berkeley

First-year student and teen writer Sadie Radinsky sits in nature with her head resting on her hand.

Whole Girl: First-year student’s book aims to nourish girls, young women

A photo showing a man holding a clear plastic container with small green plants growing inside, under a bright grow light.

Using CRISPR genome editing to make cassava safer to eat

A photo of a field of sorghum crops on a bright sunny day

Genomic gymnastics help sorghum plant survive drought

portrait of tiffany yu

I’m a Berkeleyan: Tiffany Yu on her fight for basic needs, using data in health

a woman works in a kitchen

Transfer student’s path to Berkeley? Cheesecakes

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Berkeley Talks: What can be done to protect pollinators

Three people look at the camera

Food’s the focus for passionate crop of MBA students