Colleagues and members of the program gathered in Davis for a farewell coffee on Wednesday, where the mood reflected the resignation of those used to the perpetual shortages and thin budgets. Outside, a warm breeze swept over quiet golden and green fields of genetic diversity, west of the UC Davis campus. Inside, hot coffee, pastries, and farewell messages were laid out as nearly two-dozen saddened friends said goodbye. "We’ve been starved out of existence," Qualset said.

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by Maddalena Jackson, The Sacramento Bee.

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