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Sources on California's drought: UC Davis experts

Experts available to the media: drought and water-supply issues in California.

University of California, Davis
April 16, 2014

Experts from the University of California, Davis, are available to media to discuss the drought and water-supply issues affecting California.

AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS

Economic impact on agriculture and consumers

Paleo diet not as simple as it sounds

UC Cooperative Extension expert Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr weighs in on the Paleo diet.

February 5, 2014

Around the Internet, on TV talk shows and in some fitness centers, people are touting a new weight-loss trend – the Paleolithic diet. Proponents suggest the modern Stone Age nutrition plan mirrors the diet on which humans evolved over millions of years. Adherents swear off farmed foods like wheat, dairy, sugar and legumes and rely on a hunter-gatherer menu of meat, nuts, fruit and vegetables.

California ranchers: Severe drought impacts

Ranchers will be immediately impacted by severe drought, and most face lack of forage.

 

As California braces for record drought, ranchers are among the most immediately impacted, and most say they are not ready for the severe water shortages and lack of forage that drought would bring, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis.

Waiting list is filling fast for Pomology Short Course at UC Davis

Plan now to learn the fundamentals of fruit-and-nut biology from the experts. The waiting list is starting for the 2015 Pomology Short Course.

Would you like to learn from the experts the fundamentals of fruit-and-nut tree biology in a short, affordable, hands-on course? Then you should plan ahead. The 2014 Pomology Short Course offered by UC Davis faculty and UC Cooperative Extension specialists is full, and a waiting list for 2015 is already forming.