Speaker of the House’s “reform” on Farm Bill is anything but.

As spinach creeps shamefacedly back onto grocery store shelves, experts pick apart the causes of the E. coli outbreak. Is there polluted poop in our food? You betcha.

Tiny Fort Ross Vineyard experiments to perfect a South African varietal.

Rancho Gordo’s Steve Sando has an explanation for why our food stinks.

the wine house in between olympic and pico – on Cotner – has wine classes. (Local, but I don’t know how serious). If you are truly serious - UC Davis has the best program I’ve heard of.

Call UC Davis. They offer degrees in wine making etc.

For serious stuff and for a start, you might try the ag sections of the sites for ag universities like Cornell, Texas A&M, UC Davis, Florida, Kansas State, Oregon State, and many others.

— but the weevil is killed with low levels of irradiation. “Irradiation is recognized as a safe and effective way of providing insect quarantine treatment,” says Christine Bruhn, an expert on irradiation and director...

to Redwood City. They both attend college at UC Davis...and will be very, very hungry. Appreciate the suggustions!

I stumbled across a website with all the readings for a Nutritional Anthropology class at UC Davis (link below). There’s also readings in Nutrional Geography at: http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/class/200210/nut120b-f02/ Readings...

My guess is the wine program at UC Davis requires a formal admission process. You might also check with the junior/community colleges in Sonoma County. I believe they offer a number of courses, some in the evening, for those...

I make BBQ sauce for presents every year, and was concerned about the “shelf” life. My base is prepared ketchup with about 10 additional ingredients, including vinegar and sugar. I contacted the UC Davis Extension...

Can’t really help you there, (although I would strongly suspect you could get the information you are looking for from the UC Davis wine program) but for an interesting read about the subject of umami on Chowhound you...

is close by.) If you are up for a small drive the Davis arboritum is nice and there are picnic tables throughout. There is also a fun spot (I hate to share, but I will) along Putah Creek just behind the UC Davis airport....

Just 20 minutes away in Davis, there are two places to get Tapioca Tea. One is Tapioca Express right downtown and I hear there is another across from UC Davis campus.