/ agricultural waste Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /food/news/finding-new-life-wine-grape-residue <p><span><span><span><span>California produces nearly 4 million tons of world-class wine each year, but with that comes thousands of tons of residue like grape skins, seeds, stems and pulp. What if scientists could harness that viticultural waste to help promote human health?</span></span></span></span></p> April 22, 2021 - 10:35am Amy M Quinton /food/news/finding-new-life-wine-grape-residue /food/news/using-sun-and-agricultural-waste-control-pests <p>Farmers spend a lot of time and money controlling weeds and other pests, and often have to turn to chemical fumigants to keep the most destructive pests at bay. Farmers also wrestle with what to do with low-value byproducts of crop production, such as skin, seeds and hulls from fruit, vegetable and nut processing.</p> <p>What if those agricultural waste streams could generate alternatives to chemical fumigants and make farming more productive, profitable and environmentally friendly?</p> January 03, 2019 - 1:56pm Amy M Quinton /food/news/using-sun-and-agricultural-waste-control-pests