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UC Davis has launched the Aggie Venture Accelerator, a new initiative designed to support early-stage startups advancing innovation across life sciences, including food and health. Based at Aggie Square and...

By Elaine Watson | AgFunder News Food industry veterans, including former CSOs at Mars and General Mills, are pooling capital through a new UC Davis angel network, Food & Health Angels (FH Angels),...

By Mark Anderson | Sacramento Business Journal The goal of the Food & Health Angels Network is to offer startups up to $3 million in seed money to move promising health...

By Beatrice Wihlander | Nutrition Insight Food & Health (FH) Angels Network has launched to bridge the gap between nutrition science, demand, and innovation amid a time of record-high obesity rates...

DAVIS, CA. — Thursday, March 19, 2026 — As metabolic disease becomes one of the defining health challenges of our time, scientists and entrepreneurs are increasingly turning to food as...

Highlights GLP-1 medicines reduce fat and liver mass more rapidly than skeletal muscle (SKM) Running performance is maintained or improved in mice on GLP-1 medicine GLP-1 medicine modifies the SKM...

This year has started off with a lot of momentum and we are excited to share what we have been up to so far from new partners and an angel...

The University of California, Davis Innovation Institute for Food & Health (IIFH) today announced two new strategic partnerships; one with ofi, a global leader in food and beverage ingredients and...

AG1, the foundational nutrition company led by CEO Kat Cole, has been experiencing remarkable growth — with Forbes recently highlighting how Cole helped triple the company’s revenue and steer AG1’s...

This winter, IIFH is proud to sponsor the inaugural Innovation for Impact: Food Systems class, a hands-on, cross-disciplinary course designed to tackle some of the most urgent challenges in our...

IIFH Inaugural “Translator’s Circle” hits the ground running This winter, the Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH) launched the inaugural cohort of its new Food & Health Translator’s Circle—a...

The Pancreatic Islet: A Hub for Metabolic Health Well before GLP-1–based drugs gained widespread attention, Dr. Bethany Cummings was drawn to a puzzling clinical observation: patients who undergo bariatric surgery...