Western Farm Press
Maven’s Notebook
Bakersfield Californian
San Benito County News
Davis Enterprise
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
NPR
Bakersfield Californian
CNN
Sierra Sun Times
California Ag Today
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Wired
Sacramento Bee
YubaNet.com
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New York Times
Civil Eats
California Health Report
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Capital Press
Today Show
AgNet West
23ABCNews Bakersfield
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The Vantage Point
Glenda Humiston
Vice President
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Following that, on March 26, we held our first-ever UC ANR Day at the Capitol, where we met with legislators and discussed
how UC ANR brings the power of UC research to bear across the state
in the areas of agriculture, natural resources, nutrition and youth development. Among the topics we discussed were teaching forest and rangeland management as a tool for fire prevention; helping the community care for livestock during the Camp Fire; partnering with schools to supplement science and nutrition education; teaching at-risk urban kids nutrition and life skills; and bringing science to environmental regulations compliance for famers. Our conversations also included discussion of water issues, as well as carbon sequestration as a way to mitigate global warming.
Tim Hearden of Western Farm Press recently wrote
an article about UC ANR’s work in agriculture in California
.
Here is a quote from that article: “It’s not an overstatement…that the vast network of
UC Cooperative Extension offices
and research facilities has enabled agriculture in the Golden State to survive amid daunting challenges.” He went on to say, “I probably could have written 6 months’ worth of columns on things
UC ANR’s researchers, specialists and advisors are doing to maintain California as one of the world’s most well-known and elite agricultural regions.” Thank you, Tim, for your terrific appreciation! It’s gratifying to be recognized for our work.
One such example of applying UC research to solutions:
Assembly member Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara)
introduced the “Ag Adaptation Tools” Bill (Assembly Bill 409)
to develop the tools farmers need to adapt to extreme weather and a changing climate. AB 409 would establish a competitive grant program to fund Resource Conservation Districts, UC Cooperative Extension and agricultural nonprofits to develop science-based, farm-level agricultural adaptation planning tools and then pilot the tools with local farmers, ranchers, technical assistance providers and ag organizations. The bill would also fund trainings for technical assistance providers and agricultural organizations. One of UC ANR’s scientists,
Dr. Tapan Pathak
,
provided
expert testimony at the bill’s hearing
on the need to translate ag adaptation research into practical tools for farmers and ranchers.
Our
4-H Youth Development Program
also received praise in the press recently. The joyful reunion of two 4-H children with their parents after spending two nights lost in the
Humboldt County wilderness raised awareness about the benefits of being involved in
4-H.
The two sisters used skills they learned in their 4-H program to survive.
“I knew they were way more likely than the average child to survive because of the training they got from
4-H,” said their mother. The sisters’ 4-H teacher, Justin Lehnert,
received an award
from Humboldt County 4-H and was also flown to Washington, D.C., where he was honored for his work by the national 4-H council.
If you shop on Amazon you can make your shopping benefit 4-H programming such as the survival training program in Humboldt. Just start each shopping session at the URL
http://smile.amazon.com
.
Log in to your Amazon account as usual and then search for and select “California 4-H Foundation.” Bookmark the page and every time you shop, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the California 4-H Foundation. If you have questions or need help getting set up, you can contact Tammie Erhard at
(530) 750-1301 or
tlerhard@ucanr.edu
.
In other news, the
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
celebrates
its 50th anniversary in 2019
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EFNEP helps limited-resource families gain the knowledge, skills and behaviors necessary to choose nutritionally sound diets and improve their well-being. In California,
EFNEP
is delivered by UC ANR through
UC Cooperative Extension
offices in 24 counties. We were happy to see that
USDA
'
s
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
presented awards to two California women for their roles in EFNEP at the National EFNEP Coordinators Conference in Virginia in March. Johana Zacarias, EFNEP participant in Yolo County, was recognized for her personal effort in preventing chronic disease and using her success to promote EFNEP in her rural community. Leah Sourbeer, UC Cooperative Extension EFNEP Supervisor, was honored for her leadership and for fostering a positive work environment.
We look forward to seeing you and collaborating with you! As always, please share
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April 25 - 28, 2019
Sudden Oak Death Blitz (SOD Blitz) 2019
Various locations
Sonoma County, CA
Join this
annual citizen science project
to help determine the health of our local oaks. Participants will attend a one-hour training, collect samples independently, and return samples during daylight hours to a collection box at the training location by Sunday, April 28, at 5 pm.
The meeting will provide all of the information and supplies you need to participate in this citizen science project.
Learn more
and
register
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April 27, 2019
Post-Fire Food Safety Workshop
Santa Rosa Junior College Shone Farm
7450 Steve Olson Lane
Forestville, CA 95436
UCCE Sonoma sponsors this free workshop on how wildfire impacts the health and safety of locally grown produce and backyard chicken eggs. Hear from UC ANR researchers about two timely studies investigating produce safety after the Sonoma Complex Fire in October 2017 and the safety of backyard chicken eggs from fire-affected counties across California.
Learn more
&
register
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This is just a sampling of our events. See more events in
our calendar
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Spotlight on Practical Resources
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The University of California Master Gardener Program
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For 50 years, UC Cooperative Extension EFNEP educators have taught Californians in their communities, at community centers, schools, Head Start preschools, churches and, sometimes, in their own homes, how to lead a healthy life. The
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
is an essential resource in the fight against poverty, malnutrition and obesity.
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UC ANR staff news
- Tapan Pathak and Ruth Dahlquist-Willard recognized as agricultural climate leaders at the 6th California Climate and Agriculture Summit
- Stephen Vosti received a 2018-19 Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement
- The Ecological Society of America elected Steven Beissinger and John Harte as Fellows
- Irrigation specialist Amir Haghverdi received a USDA-NIFA New Investigator Award
- Monica Cooper received the American Society for Enology and Viticulture’s 2019 Extension Distinction Award
- At the National EFNEP Coordinators Conference in March, USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture presented awards to Johana Zacarias, EFNEP participant in Yolo County, for her personal effort in preventing chronic disease and using her success to promote EFNEP in her rural community, and to Leah Sourbeer, UC Cooperative Extension EFNEP Supervisor, for her leadership and for fostering a positive work environment.
- Winners of prestigious awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America:
- Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell won the CW Woodworth Award “for outstanding accomplishments in entomology over at least the past 10 years.”
- Christiane Weirauch won the Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Award, which “recognizes an individual who has achieved excellence in at least one of the entomological sub-disciplines of systematics, evolution, and biodiversity.”
- Surendra Dara won the Award for Excellence in Extension.
- Joanna Chiu won the Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology Award.
- Neal Williams won the Plant-Insect Ecosystems Award.
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The
UC ANR Calendar
lists events hosted by our programs throughout California.
Check
to see what's happening in your neighborhood!
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2801 Second Street
Davis, CA 95618
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