WIFSS Supporting Urban Farmers in the Local Area
The Civic Urban Farmer Program recently received a 2023 Specialty Crop Block grant from the CA Department of Food and Agriculture to support its continuation.
Boehringer Ingelheim-China Swine Producers Delegation Visits UC Davis
Boehringer Ingelheim-China Swine Producers Delegation Visits UC Davis
Global One Health Partners Work Toward Improving Health Outcomes
Global One Health Partners Work Toward Improving Health Outcomes
One Health, Food Safety and Food Security in Rwanda
In Rwanda, cows are culturally revered and given as gifts, which create a lasting bond of goodwill and camaraderie between the giver and receiver. Because cows hold such esteem in Rwanda, the Gir’inka program, which provides a poor family a cow, has been successful in alleviating malnutrition and poverty.
First Co-Hosted WIFSS One Health Conference Breaks Attendance Records
The 2021 UC Davis Education Conference on One Health for Food Safety, Agriculture, and Animal Health online conference was unique in the respect that for the first time WIFSS co-hosted this conference.
The Sisterhood of One Health
The sisterhood is nourished by bonds of friendship that have no borders or boundaries. It’s grounded in teamwork, multidisciplinary collaboration, mutual respect, science-based truth seeking, and love. Read the story of three friends who met at a One Health conference and built a lifelong friendship which has weathered the storms of graduate school and helped them become better and stronger people.
Honey Bees Need Veterinarians Too
Honey bee health is vital, we need veterinarians to help keep them healthy. Honey bees play a critical role in agricultural production and pollinate roughly one-third of all food eaten in the United States. Safeguarding their health is of the utmost importance.
Lunchtime Challenge Influences Thousands
The 2020 Lunchtime Challenge, (LTC), reached and audience of more than 3,000 people through the creative promotional campaigns of 40 undergraduate students from multiple disciplines who raised awareness about One Health issues as diverse as an innovative integrated method of reducing agricultural waste utilizing black fly larvae, to the harmony between marine ecology and human health, and the impacts of deforestation for the production of palm oil.
WIFSS Student Employees Make Learning Accessible for Spanish-speaking Californians
How translating learning materials is making a difference for farmers and food processors.
WIFSS Is Finding Ways to Support California Specialty Crop Farmers in English and Spanish
WIFSS has developed an online training program for California farmers as they work to meet the new compliance standards of the FDA FSMA Produce Safety Rule.