Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
UC Davis is the #1 university in the nation for agriculture sciences... but what do those innovations look like in practice? 🌾
🍅 Since the infamous tomato hybrid and mechanical harvester were created in the 1950s at UC Davis, scientists have changed the way they think about agricultural science breakthroughs.
🍅 Plant breeder Jack Hanna and engineer Coby Lorenzen had a unique approach: develop the physical properties of the tomato alongside the machine.
🍅 We need federal funding to develop new technologies like this one that put food on millions of tables across the nation and beyond.
🍅 Stay tuned for more episodes exploring various areas of research and in the meantime learn more at ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives 🔗 (Link in our profile)
#UCDavis | #FromLabsToLives | #SpeakUp4Science
Video description: STREAM intern Meghan talks to the camera about UC Davis' mechanical harvester and how studies like this one rely on federal funding which is now at risk. Clips of agricultural fields and lab work appear on screen as she talks.
UC Davis is the #1 university in the nation for agriculture sciences... but what do those innovations look like in practice? 🌾
🍅 Since the infamous tomato hybrid and mechanical harvester were created in the 1950s at UC Davis, scientists have changed the way they think about agricultural science breakthroughs.
🍅 Plant breeder Jack Hanna and engineer Coby Lorenzen had a unique approach: develop the physical properties of the tomato alongside the machine.
🍅 We need federal funding to develop new technologies like this one that put food on millions of tables across the nation and beyond.
🍅 Stay tuned for more episodes exploring various areas of research and in the meantime learn more at ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives 🔗 (Link in our profile)
#UCDavis | #FromLabsToLives | #SpeakUp4Science
Video description: STREAM intern Meghan talks to the camera about UC Davis' mechanical harvester and how studies like this one rely on federal funding which is now at risk. Clips of agricultural fields and lab work appear on screen as she talks.
