/ Summer time Content for UC Davis en /blog/eggheads-weekend-basket-march-6 <p>Another week, another roundup of UC Davis research news.&nbsp;</p><h2>Tracking bacteria in the salad bowl</h2><p>A series of outbreaks of E. coli illness linked to leafy greens grown on California's central coast prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ask UC Davis to <a href="/food/news/fda-uc-davis-e-coli-central-coast-study">lead a five-year effort to better understand how the bacteria circulate between soil, water, crops and animals in the nation's salad bowl</a>.&nbsp;</p> March 06, 2026 - 3:39pm Andy Fell /blog/eggheads-weekend-basket-march-6