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The Food Blog covers our latest research and extension work to advance and optimize the production and vitality of California's abundant agricultural commodities.

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To help farmers establish connections with restaurants and produce sellers, Catherine Brinkley, director of UC Davis Center for Regional Change, has created online resources for markets and farmers to identify opportunities to build relationships. Shoppers browse a farmers market in Oakland in 2017.
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To connect more farmers with buyers, UC publishes community food guides

September 29th, 2021
Over the past year, many farmers have had to navigate rapid shifts in marketing practices since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional food-supply systems. During this time, establishing relationships with local vendors has become necessary for growers to maintain and increase profits.
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Cara Cara is the variety of navel oranges currently most commonly planted in California. Photo by Beth Grafton-Cardwell
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New UC study outlines costs of growing oranges in the San Joaquin Valley

September 21st, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
A new study outlining the costs and returns of establishing and producing navel oranges with low-volume irrigation in the southern San Joaquin Valley has been released by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC Cooperative Extension and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics...
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