Food Systems

As Arizona’s Land Grant University, UArizona has spent years equipping students, local Arizonans and others around the world with the agricultural and resource management tools they need to adapt to the food supply and food security challenges of the future.

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A new vision for farming: Chickens, sheep, and ... solar panels

Agriculture and the solar power industry have at times been at odds, competing for the landscape. But some farmers and developers are finding that the two can be complementary.

On this Earth Day, let’s think about agriculture

Farmers and ranchers hold the key to carbon storage.

$3 million NSF grant supports search for heat-tolerant tomatoes

When your tomato plants won’t bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team of Wake Forest researchers led by Gloria Muday will be in the lab, trying to find a plant that thrives despite the heat.

Agricultural extension agents help farms succeed. But in Indian Country, they’re scarce.

On the Hopi Reservation, one agent is helping her community grow food. But for how long?

Home Grown: How drying vegetables cuts down on food waste

One of the oldest domestic arts, dehydrating foods at home provides an easy, economical way to save surplus food for a later time and in turn, decrease agriculture waste. 

The Promise and Potential of Southwestern Biofuel Crops

Bridging the Food-or-Energy Gap

Should land be used for solar panels or agriculture? The burgeoning Solar Sheep movement argues: Why not both?

The “Plant Whisperer” Offers Guidance on Learning the Language of Your Plants

Looking for expert advice on optimizing the environmental conditions in your greenhouse for better plant growth and crop production? The University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center and the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Biosystems Engineering department are hosting a joint seminar featuring Peter van Weel, PhD.

Rethinking Milk: Science Takes On the Dairy Dilemma

Walter Willett, MD, DrPH and David Ludwig, MD, PhD say the science behind dietary recommendations is thin. And they say eating too much dairy may cause harm to both our bodies and the planet.