By Tracy Sellers

A groundbreaking summit focusing on one of the world’s most discussed environmental challenges—reducing methane emissions from livestock—was held earlier this year and the organizers have released a written report to summarize key information shared at the conference and to invite others to join them in a collaborative effort to further knowledge around solutions to mitigating methane emissions from livestock.

By Amy Quinton

Published on UC Davis.

CLEAR Center Director, Dr. Frank Mitloehner will bring two decades of expertise in studying the connection between the livestock industry and air quality, to his new role on the United States Department of Agriculture’s Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Research.

Solving big climate challenges across the agriculture industry requires technology, innovation and discussion, all of which were part of the recent THRIVE Global Impact Summit in the Silicon Valley. The event attracted entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders from the realms of agriculture and food technology, brought together to explore topics such as regenerative agriculture, clean energy, and climate change.

By Tracy Sellers

As farmers and ranchers face challenges such as a changing climate, resource scarcity and the pressure to feed an ever-growing population, they also find themselves intertwined more than ever with the technology industry, as both look to find sustainable and feasible solutions for our food system.

By Camille Murray

By Camille Murray

By Camille Murray

Dr. Frank Mitloehner spoke to Ash Sweeting on the Ash Cloud Podcast, discussing the changing conversation about methane, the role of farmers in the climate solution, and the challenges and opportunities around research in methane mitigation.

DAVIS, August 6, 2024 - Even as the CLEAR Center at University of California, Davis, works to help farmers and ranchers achieve environmental and climate objectives in its home state, in America, and in regions and nations throughout the world, it is focused on an altogether different kind of goal. 

Dr. Frank Mitloehner and CLEAR Center staff and students attended the World Pork Expo in early June. Held in Des Moines Iowa, producers, researchers, industry businesses and reporters from around the world spent two days connecting and learning about the current state and future possibilities for the pork industry. 

Reducing antimicrobial resistance in pigs is a major concern. So much so, there’s an organization dedicated solely to addressing the worldwide problem — and a yearly gathering to share research and further the cause with partnering universities including University of California Davis (UC Davis), Wageningen University & Research, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and Aalborg University.