Water conservation is an essential consideration in the design and management of California landscapes. Effective strategies that increase water use efficiency must be identified and implemented. One key strategy when landscaping is to group plants with similar water requirements.  By supplying only the amount of water needed to maintain landscape health and appearance, unnecessary applications that exceed plant needs can be avoided.

Addresses topics related to cotton production Systems and cotton fiber quality, including production economics and efficiencies, approaches to improve fiber and seed quality, impacts of practices such as nutrient management and defoliation practices on environmental quality and regulatory concerns...

The imperative transition from conventional to sustainable agricultural practices is leading to noticeable shifts in workforce development to adopt cutting-edge technologies, such as drones, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI), in farms. We organize a series of workshops on robotics, automation, and drones to facilitate the transition of the new wave of technology revolution to farms.

These are the most recent cost and return studies for a broad range of commodities produced in California. Studies can be sorted by commodity, production region, or county within California.

Breastfeeding & Early Life Outreach with Versatile Education in Nutrition (BELOVEN)

The purpose of BELOVED is to test the feasibility and acceptability of an interactive, online, education program aimed to help women successfully achieve their personal, infant and children's health goals.

The aim of the MOONRISE Study is to determine whether supplementing mothers of extremely preterm infants (≤32 weeks gestation) with a vitamin B3 derivative called nicotinamide riboside (NR) is effective for increasing milk production during early postpartum.