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Harvesting olives

With techniques such as mechanical tree-shaking and pruning, UC Davis researchers are developing reliable and cost-effective ways to sustain an industry that has a fruitful and long history in California.

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Turning tobacco into fuel

Scientists at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory use light to convert carbon in tobacco leaves into biofuels.

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Sustaining farms, food supply

A UC ranch looks at irrigation, plant nutrition and soil health issues, as it reinvents agriculture and readies farms to feed a growing population.

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Boosting state's olive growth, processing

The UC Davis Olive Center, a university and industry coalition, seeks to do for olives what the campus did for wine.

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Saving fuel and labor on the farm

Farmers partner with UC scientists to develop innovative tilling systems that reduce tractor work and emissions into the environment.