Podcasts by Food Production (Video)
In 2040 there will be 9 billion people to feed. Experts from around the world are researching ways to produce enough food without harming the environment.
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A Food Agenda for the Next Administration from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.291404
Journalist Michael Pollan joins a panel of farmers, government officials and healthy food choice advocates outline a nutrition agenda for the next presidential administration. Series: "UC Berkeley ...
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Out of the Past - A Journey Through the Landscapes of Livestock Production from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.282379
Our grandparents were mostly farmers and ranchers, but now food is produced by less than 3% of the population. This tenuous situation is spreading across the world, from developed countries to the ...
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Keeping It Green- 9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming (Ep. 3) from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.257768
There’s no question agriculture has a considerable environmental footprint. In this episode, you’ll see how UC Davis researchers are working with farmers across the state to find ways to reduce th...
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High Tech Agriculture - 9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming (Ep. 4) from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.252595
In a world of advanced technology, science, and environmental concern we talk to students who have a vision for the future of farming and are working to create high-tech tools to help make agricult...
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Converging Forces in Food Systems: How to Feed 8 Billion People by 2025 and Protect the Planet's Natural Resources - Global Panel Part 1 from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.233665
A distinguished panel focuses on the geopolitical, ethical, economic and technical challenges facing food systems from a global perspective followed by a discussion centered on the environmental pr...
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An Evening with Michael Pollan: Nierenberg Award 2014 from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.201596
Renowned journalist, author, and food intellectual Michael Pollan receives the 2014 Nierenberg Award for Science in the Public Interest and takes you on a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion fr...
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9 Billion Mouths to Feed: Leading the Way to Abundance and Sustainability from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.176449
An overview of how programs at the University of California are striving to meet the challenge of feeding an ever-growing global population with sustainable practices. Series: "9 Billion Mouths to ...
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Meaty Issues: Meat -- Friend or Foe? Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.170731
A diverse panel of experts – from academics to activists to ranchers – discuss the moral, animal welfare, human health and environmental issues surrounding meat production and consumption. This is...
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Global Reach Local Touch: Scaling Up in the Seed Business from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.153980
Matthew Johnston, CEO of HM.CLAUSE, a global seed producer, explores scaling up in the seed business, the agricultural economy, creating long term partnerships with regional food producers, and th...
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Appetite for Organic Foods Brings Big Opportunities - John Foraker Chairman of the Bunny Annie's Inc. from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.118226
With more than 20 years of natural and organic business experience and a sharp focus on sustainability and social responsibility, UC Davis alumnus John Foraker was the long-time president of Annie’...
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How to Make a Hoppy Beer - Without the Hops from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.097618
UC Berkeley biologists have come up with a way to create beer’s unique flavors and aromas without using hops. The researchers created strains of brewer’s yeast that not only ferment the beer but al...
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Growing Plants with Less Water? from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.092158
Crops possibly can be grown with significantly less water by altering a gene involved in regulating photosynthesis, according to new research by a team that included UC Berkeley scientists. Berkele...
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Hi-Tech Farming from UC Davis from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.079466
Thanks to technology the farm of the future produces more food with less water and less impact on the environment and climate. And it also provides skilled careers for a new generation of farmworke...
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Can We Grow One of the World’s Largest Food Crops Without Fertilizer? from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.073802
Researchers from UC Davis, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Mars, Incorporated have made a remarkable discovery: an indigenous variety of Mexican corn that can also fix nitrogen from the at...
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Climate Change: What it Means for Our Agriculture and Our Health - Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation from 2023-12-12T16:56:04.046610
A panel of experts discusses climate change and its effects on our agriculture and our health, while also offering insights into how we as individuals can work to limit its negative impacts and cre...
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The Ocean's Stethoscope: How Technology is Being Used to Study Fish Populations - Exploring Ethics from 2019-04-22T13:00
Sooner or later, the food requirements of nine billion people with increasing appetites for seafood must be addressed. Although aquaculture may supply the majority of the global ‘seafood’, most aqu...
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Majoring in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from 2019-03-12T13:00
UC Davis has one of the best agriculture schools in the world, helping to feed a growing a population. Take a peek at the SAFS major in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science at UC Da...
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2018 Innovator of the Year - DryCard™ from 2018-10-29T13:00
The DryCard™ is an inexpensive device developed by UC Davis researchers, Michael Reid and Jim Thompson, for determining if dried food is dry enough to prevent mold growth during storage. Moldy food...
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Turning Waste into Food at a California Caviar Farm from 2018-10-16T13:00
Until recently, wastewater from the fish tanks on the Tsar Nicholai farm emptied into a giant man-made pond, but now the caviar farm is using the nutrient stream to grow food in a 24,000 square-foo...
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Pig Personality - A Closer Look at Farm Animals from 2018-10-16T13:00
At the Animal Science Swine Center at UC Davis, Kristina Horback studies pig personality. She monitors the behavior of female pig from birth through puberty looking for behavior that would help pre...
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California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross from 2018-09-12T13:00
Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, discusses the future of food and public policy in California and around the world at the Goldman School of Public Policy ...
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Farming for the Future: Claire Kremen from 2018-07-25T13:00
Agriculture today is extraordinarily productive, although sadly many people are chronically hungry, malnourished or obese. And the way we farm also takes an increasing toll on the environment. Far...
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Let Food Be Thy Medicine -- Future Thought Leaders from 2018-06-15T13:00
In collaboration with the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Nutrition, the Berry Good Food Foundation convenes a panel of experts to discuss the rise of comprehensive medicine and nutritional hea...
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Seafood: Our Narrow Scope of What to Purchase from 2017-12-12T13:00
Nationally prominent chefs, fishermen, academics, and activists call on consumers to choose local species of fish when possible to protect the longterm vitality of harvested seafood and the wellbei...
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Managed Grazing Flourishing Habitats from 2017-10-30T13:00
Calla Rose Ostrander of Kiss the Ground shares insights into habitat conservation. Ostrander promotes the use of managed grazing to bring about flourishing habitats and species. Series: "UCTV Prime...
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Hello Food Industry Meet Food Activists from 2017-10-16T13:00
Large and growing food movements in the United States seek policy changes to promote healthier and more environmentally sound food choices. Marion Nestle reflects on recent progress. Series: "UC B...
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Food Justice: Economics Ethics Access -- Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation from 2017-05-15T13:00
Veteran labor activist Dolores Huerta joins food journalist Rose Hayden-Smith and others for an animated discussion on why food insecurity still exists in many communities and what is being done to...
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Food Politics and the Twenty-First Century Food Movement with Marion Nestle from 2017-05-15T13:00
The paradox of today’s global food system is that food insecurity or obesity threaten the health and welfare of half the world’s population. Underlying these problems is an overabundant and overly ...
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On the Way to a Safe and Abundant Food Supply from 2017-03-20T13:00
With an ever growing population some high-tech approaches for sustainable agriculture are being tested. Join Kristen Simoes as she explores the world of crops and agriculture science. Series: "9 Bi...
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Food Climate and Hope with Anna Lappe from 2017-02-20T13:00
Anna Lappé looks at the hidden cost of our food system: the climate crisis. Our web of global food production and distribution is connected to as much as one third of total greenhouse-gas emissions...
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Safe Harbor: Sustainable Seafood -- Myths Truths and Misinformation -- Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation from 2016-12-12T13:00
In the fourth installment of the Future Thought Leaders series, nationally prominent chefs, fishermen, academics, and activists call on consumers to choose local species of fish when possible to pr...
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Reimagining Food Waste: Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation from 2016-09-12T13:00
Food waste in the United States is at an all-time high. More than 40 percent of all edible food is tossed out each year and half of that is fresh but slightly imperfect produce. What to do? A pane...
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Radically Rethinking Food Security with Jennifer Burney - UC San Diego Founders Symposium 2015 from 2016-03-30T13:00
The world food system comprises hundreds of millions of farmers making decisions in response to economic signals and environmental expectations. However, many of these farmers are food insecure by ...
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Soil Matters -- Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation and Kiss the Ground from 2016-03-28T13:00
Soil really does matter! Join our distinguished panelists and learn about climate change's hottest topic - Soil! Find out how soil’s ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere may hold the key ...
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UC San Diego Founders Symposium 2015 from 2015-12-21T13:00
Wonder how research happening at UC San Diego translates into real-world benefits? Find out as six faculty members illuminate the collaborative approach used to understand and address complex issue...
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Ethics at the End of a Fork from 2015-07-20T13:00
Anna Lappé discusses how the food system impacts so many different aspects of our lives and how recent and diverse social movements motivated by a profound ethic of food are transforming how we fee...
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What's Next for the Food Movement? - with Michael Pollan - Horace Albright Lecture from 2014-02-24T13:00
What does the future hold for the food movement? Join Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture under President Obama Kathleen Merrigan and author and UC Berkeley Professor of Journalism Michael ...
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Changing Lives: Back to the Farm - UC Education Abroad from 2014-02-17T13:00
When they began their studies at UC Santa Barbara in the 1980s, Greg Massa and Raquel Krach would never have imagined themselves where they are today: growing organic crops on a family farm outside...
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Converging Forces in Food Systems: How to Feed 8 Billion People by 2025 and Protect the Planet's Natural Resources - Global Panel Part 2 from 2013-12-30T13:00
A distinguished panel focuses on the geopolitical, ethical, economic and technical challenges facing food systems from a global perspective followed by a discussion centered on the environmental pr...
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UC Davis Newswatch: Wine Wheel from 2013-12-26T13:00
UC Davis Professor Emerita Ann Noble invented the Wine Aroma Wheel to help wine tasters find the right words to describe what they are smelling. Series: "UC Davis Newswatch" [Agriculture] [Show ID:...
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UC Davis Newswatch: Green College from 2013-11-11T13:00
Sustainability efforts at UC Davis. Series: "UC Davis Newswatch" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 25358]
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Innovations and Implementation: A California Perspective on How to Launch New Ideas and New Movements to Address the Food Challenge from 2013-10-14T13:00
California produces nearly half of US-grown fruits, nuts and vegetables. A panel of experts explores the implications, obligations, and opportunities for California agriculture to address the food ...
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Mary Robinson - Global Food Systems from 2013-09-30T13:00
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and President of the Mary Robinson Foundation — Climate Justice, addresses the University of California Global Food Systems Forum. She argues that action ...
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Wes Jackson - Global Food Systems from 2013-09-23T13:00
Sustainability leader Wes Jackson, of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, stresses the importance of biodiversity in agricultural production. Jackson’s address is part of the Global Food Systems ...
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UC Davis Newswatch: Sensory Lab from 2013-06-18T13:00
The Sensory Lab at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis helps farmers, processors, and vendors supply the foods consumers want. Series: "UC Davis Newswatch" [Agricult...
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Field to Fork - 9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming (Ep. 2) from 2012-10-26T13:00
Agriculture isn’t just about sowing the land; it’s about finding solutions to modern problems facing our food supply. With farmland shrinking and a hungry population growing, what is UC Davis doin...
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Farming Today - 9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming (Ep. 1) from 2012-10-24T13:00
California agriculture is a $37.5 billion industry with the golden state being home to nine of the nation’s top ten producing counties. We’ll take a look at innovation born at UC Davis that has ch...
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To Be Human: How Food Fueled Human Origins with Margaret Schoeninger from 2012-02-20T13:00
UC San Diego anthropologist Margaret Schoeninger joins a list of several leading scholars who all attempt to answer the same question, “What does it mean to be human?” This is the first of five t...
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Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority from 2011-02-14T13:00
In this captivating account of a Bible-based practice that has grown into a multibillion- dollar industry, journalist Sue Fishkoff travels throughout America and to Shanghai, China to find out who ...
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The Politics of Food (Conversations with History) from 2009-02-23T13:00
Host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer Michael Pollan for a discussion of the agricultural industrial complex that dominates consumer choices about what to eat. He explores the origins, evolution and ...
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