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Poinsettia plants are assembled in a greenhouse at Cal Poly.

Agriculture and Food

Sprouting Holiday Cheer: Thousands of Student-Grown Poinsettias for Sale

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Two professional cork harvesters perform a demonstration for students on the lawn by the red brick dorms.

Agriculture and Food

Barking Up the Right Tree: Campus’ First Professional Cork Harvest Wows Students

A smiling person in a red car grabs an ice cream in a waffle cup off of a blue tray.

Agriculture and Food

The Dairy Best: Students Make — And Scoop — Sweet Summertime Treats

A young woman inspects poinsettia flowers in a large greenhouse

Agriculture and Food

Mustang Made: Students Craft Products for the Holiday Season

Three wine and viticulture students work on a destemmer machine and toss green grapes onto a conveyor belt.

Agriculture and Food

A Grape Time: Students Process First Harvest at New Wine and Vit Center

Two female students smile in surprise as they hold lime and lemon wedges during a taste test party on campus.

Agriculture and Food

Taste Tests and Funny Faces Help Botany Students Learn by Doing — And Chewing

A cluster of multicolored cherry tomatoes hangs from a vine at the Cal Poly greenhouse

Agriculture and Food

It's Vine Time! Buy Student-Grown Plants at Tomato Spectacular

The Cal Poly Logging Team holds axes and plaques after taking first in a timbersports competition

Agriculture and Food

Cal Poly Logging Team Takes First Place in Timbersports Competition

A man in a cowboy hat and a green vest rides a horse as it bucks in the air.

Agriculture and Food

'Our Big Comeback Event.' Poly Royal Rodeo Celebrates 80 Years of History in April

A field of lettuce in the sun with hills in the background

Agriculture and Food

Faculty Aim to Reduce Foodborne Illness By Innovating Food Safety Programs for Leafy Greens

A young woman in gloves and a hairnet uses a large metal tool to stir a vat of cheese whey

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Gouda News! Cal Poly Wins Medal in National Cheese Competition

A plate of salad greens on a table.

Agriculture and Food

How Do You Know if Your Salad’s Been Contaminated? Professor Wins Grant to Study Safe Storage

Sustainable Rangeland & Livestock Management at Swanton Pacific Ranch with students and interns working in the field taking soil samples.

Agriculture and Food

Professors Awarded a $200,000 Healthy Soils State Grant

Agriculture and Food

Dairy Judging Team Earns Top Honors at Southwestern Livestock Exposition

A box of red bell peppers

Agriculture and Food

Honors Students Provide a Fall Bounty to GleanSLO

A box of strawberries in a field, with a student in work clothes harvesting in the background

Agriculture and Food

Strawberry Center Among Researchers Named in $4.5 Million Grant

Agriculture and Food

A New Graduate Fellowship Focuses on the Global Reduction of Food Waste