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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.

Sep292020

WIFSS Student Employees Make Learning Accessible for Spanish-speaking Californians

How translating learning materials is making a difference for farmers and food processors.

Sep212020

Los empleados de WIFSS hacen que el aprendizaje sea accesible para los californios de habla hispana

Como la traducción de materiales de aprendizaje está marcando la diferencia para los agricultores y los procesadores de alimentos.

Sep212020

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.

Sep152020

WIFSS está encontrando formas de apoyar a los agricultores de cultivos especializados de California en inglés y español!

WIFSS ha desarrollado un programa de capacitación en línea para los agricultores de California mientras trabajan para cumplir con los nuevos estándares de cumplimiento de la Norma de seguridad de productos agrícolas FSMA de la FDA.

Sep152020

Online Food Systems Conference Encourages Next Generation of One Health Specialists

For years WIFSS has been holding successful conferences, bringing international students to UC Davis to experience the principles of One Health, the importance of teamwork and collaboration, and lectures from world-class faculty and specialists.

Aug212020