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Bridging the gap between lab breakthroughs and real-world farm solutions. We transform innovative agricultural research into sustainable practices that boost food security, nurture biodiversity, and empower resilient farming systems.
🌾🌐 this morning I witnessed Dr. Van Schepler-Luu's powerful #APSPlantHealth2025 keynote! Inspiring talk on international collaboration to tackle rice diseases across 20+ countries. Science breaking barriers! 🔬🌍 #PlantPathology #GlobalHealth
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🌱🏆 Exciting day at #APSPlantHealth2025! APS President Karen Garrett kicks off the opening ceremony, celebrating our incredible plant pathology heroes! 🔬 Nine new Fellows being honored, showcasing groundbreaking research and innovation in agriculture. 🌍🧬 #PlantPathology
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Waimea Valley’s
🌺 Field trip highlights from #APSPlantHealth2025!
✨ Waimea Valley’s 52 gardens 🌿 native & global plants
🌱 Waiahole Botanicals – local, family-owned 💚
Mahalo to the organizers for a beautiful day of plants & purpose!
#WaimeaValley #WaiaholeBotanicals #PlantPathology
The LabToFarm team is Hawaii bound! Catch us at #PlantHealth2025 (Aug 2‑5, Honolulu) where we will be presenting TWO research posters highlighting our recent updates on soil amendments and microbiome transplants. Don't forget to stop by and say Aloha! 🌺🏝️✨
#PlantPathology #SustainableAgriculture
Thrilled that our abstract “From Waste to Worth: Waste-Derived Biochar and Bokashi Digestates with Microbiome Transplants as Circular Economy Fertilisers for Indoor Citrus Production” was accepted at #RETASTE2025 for a virtual oral talk! Stay tuned! 🌱♻️ #CircularEconomy #Biochar #Bokashi
17.06.2025 19:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎓💚 Cheers to Lab-to-Farm grads Madison Amador (B.S. EnvSci) & Celine Dam (B.S. Bio)! Madison spent years steering our compost & greenhouse trials; Celine jumped in last year tackling citrus germination & soil mixes. We're so proud of you both!! 🌱🍊✨ #UCR #CNAS #ClassOf2025 #LabToFarm #WomenInSTEM
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Your voice matters. Together, we can ensure a vibrant, water-secure future for farmers, communities, and our food supply. 💪🌎
Learn more at www.labtofarm.org/bioengineering
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2️⃣ Watch the video & listen to the podcast linked in the Blog – go behind the scenes of innovative research. 🎥🎧
3️⃣ Fill out our quick survey forms.gle/tVzSoLTsT2sa... – share your thoughts and help shape the future of sustainable agriculture! 📝✨
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But hope is on the horizon: researchers are harnessing metabolic modeling to help plants thrive under intense drought conditions. 🌱💧
Here’s how you can get involved:
1️⃣ Read our newest blog post – discover how state-of-the-art science is fighting drought. 📖
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Read our blog article: www.labtofarm.org/post/designi....
Drought isn’t just a passing dry spell—it’s part of our changing climate. In agriculture-heavy states like California, water scarcity puts entire specialty crops at risk, from citrus to grapes.
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🌱 Insect Waste: The Future of Farming! 🦗💡
Insect frass is emerging as a game-changing organic fertilizer, boosting soil health & sustainability.
Read more: agtech.industryexaminer.com/insect-waste...
#AgTech #SustainableFarming #InsectFrass #SoilHealth
Every year, the world loses billions of tonnes of topsoil to overgrazing, deforestation, pollution, and other threats.
But for every reason soil health is declining, there are countless reasons to protect it #ForPeopleForPlanet: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Yes thanks
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♀️🌍 #InternationalWomensDay reminds us WOMEN FEED THE WORLD!
Women produce 60% of food in the Global South—yet are denied land, finance & power.
“If we don’t get more gender equality in #foodsystems, we’ll keep skewing toward profit—away from sustainability & feeding people.”
#IWD2025
This project truly embodies innovation, sustainability, and community collaboration. 🤝🌍
Congratulations to hashtag#JoyceJong and her team for achieving this milestone for our city and the future of agriculture! 🎊🌱
#AgInnovation #SustainableAgriculture #RiversideCA #UrbanFarming#GreenTech 4/4
The center will train 135 individuals annually, incubate new farmers, and launch 25 companies over the next decade. It's a game-changer for sustainable urban agriculture and economic development! 💪💼
Proud to see Riverside leading the way in green technology and climate-resilient farming. 3/4
Key features of this 8-acre campus include:
· Solar-powered greenhouses 🌞🏡
· Cutting-edge agrivoltaics 🔬🌿
· Community gardens 🌻👨🌾👩🌾
· Farmer's market space 🛒🥑
· Incubation facilities for agri-tech startups 💡🚀 2/4
Exciting news from Riverside! 🌱🚜 Yesterday, our labtofarm group attended the groundbreaking of the North Side Agricultural Innovation Center! 🎉
This transformative project is set to revolutionize urban agriculture and boost our local food system. 🍅🥕🥬 1/4
Sustainable Ag at Gaytan Family Farm! As a mid-tour stop, we saw regenerative farming in action! The Gaytan family nurtures an ecosystem, not just crops.
✅No synthetic fertilizers🚫
✅Natural pest control🦋🐞
✅Hand-picked, diverse produce🥦
Support local-find them at the farmers' market! #GrowRiverside
Final stop for today: Gable Farms at #GrowRiverside! A regenerative urban farm blending innovation & inclusion!
🌾Low-till beds & paper pot transplants
👥Ag programs for intellectually disabled individuals
🐝Hedgerows for pollinators
🌞Solarization & companion planting
#UrbanFarming #SocialImpact
Farming dreams taking root! First stop on Day-2 of the 2025 Grow conference was the Five Keys Ecological Agriculture Training Farm, where new farmers turn passion into thriving businesses! Hands-on learning, strong community, and small farms with BIG impact. 🌿💡 #GrowRiverside2025 #NewFarmers
28.02.2025 22:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yesterday our team attended Day-1 of the 2025 Grow Conference in Riverside, CA! 🌱💡 A day full of enriching sessions on sustainable agriculture, innovative ag-business strategies, and meaningful networking with like-minded professionals. Looking forward to more insights ahead! #GrowRiverside2025
28.02.2025 22:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Throughout each trial, we’ll track everything from rootstock seed germination and root development to trunk diameter, and photosynthetic efficiency. By translating this research into practical nursery techniques, we aim to boost nursery production while championing sustainability and resilience.
24.02.2025 19:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Our goal? To revolutionize citrus nursery production. We’re comparing how these varieties perform in three distinct environments:
1️⃣ MPGU with artificial lighting only
2️⃣ Greenhouse with natural sunlight
3️⃣ Greenhouse with sunlight + supplemental LED
Meet UCR scientist Dr. Jonathan Meuser inside our cutting-edge MPGU vertical farming setup (www.labtofarm.org/indoor-agric...)! With the LICOR 6800, he’s testing citrus rootstocks under varied Red:Blue light ratio, capturing comprehensive photosynthesis data to optimize growth.
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We visited RCRCD to explore our USDA-funded “Closing the Loop” project with Adriana Murguia and Jenny Iyer! Our goal: turn food waste into a soil amendment that replaces fertilizer, boosts plant growth, and enriches SoCal communities. Stay tuned!
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Timepoint-7 day samples bring collected by UCR undergraduate student assistant Madison Amador for our PHASE-I Bokashi anaerobic fermentation stage with agri-food wastes. These samples will be analyzed for total carbon & nitrogen, elemental composition, and microbial load for food safety.
07.02.2025 20:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
With the start of the new year, it is the start of a NEW project for the future of agricultural science! Here is a sneak peek into the amazing work of USDA’s “Closing the Loop”, a sustainable waste management project for the reuse of agri-food wastes towards revitalization of commercial soil blends.
07.02.2025 18:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
