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The Vantage Point
Glenda Humiston
Vice President
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Two days before the Global Climate Action Summit, I attended
Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture
, an event in Sonoma County hosted b
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Karen Ross
and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) that brought together farmers, ranchers, multinational corporations, foreign governments and non-governmental organizations to further the role that food and agriculture has in climate discussions. We discussed soil health, carbon sequestration in soil (“carbon farming”) and other climate smart agricultural practices, as well as land conservation, sustainable procurement, technical assistance and public policy. ANR looks forward to helping scale up the adoption of Climate Smart farm practices across the state.
In addition, to work on the many forest health issues facing the state, California has officially launched the
Forest Management Task Force
, a cooperative effort among state, federal, tribal and local governments. The new task force was modeled on the Tree Mortality Task Force and will continue efforts on tree mortality, but will also expand the work to address forest management issues such as wood products utilization, regulatory barriers, education and outreach to landowners, forest restoration and prescribed fire. UC ANR looks forward to playing a central role in collaboration with leaders from the University of California and California State University systems to establish a Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation that would accelerate research, development and adoption of advanced forest management and wood products manufacturing.
In other news:
- In case you weren’t aware of it, UC Cooperative Extension provides training in water diversion monitoring and reporting — required for all water right holders by Senate Bill 88 — at many locations throughout California. Check the schedule for a training near you.
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Silicon Valley Forum: Technology and Innovation in Agriculture
October 4, 2018
UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus
3175 Bowers Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95054
UC researchers and partners are applying innovative technology solutions to increase production to feed growing populations and to conserve scarce water resources. UC ANR Chief Innovation Officer Gabe Youtsey is a featured speaker at this event, which includes presentations, a panel discussion and plenty of time for Q&A and networking.
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Reimagining California Water
An exposition of research and innovation
October 24-26, 2018
Doubletree by Hilton
2001 Point West Way
Sacramento, CA 95815
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This is just a sampling of our events. See more events in
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Spotlight on Practical Resources
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UC Agronomy Research and Information Center
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The
Agronomy Research and Information Center (RIC)
is a website that delivers science-based UC information and online learning tools for important agronomic crops grown in California to growers, researchers, industry professionals, governmental agencies and the general public. The crops include alfalfa, grain legumes/beans, bio-fuels, corn, cotton, oil seeds, rice, wheat and other small grains, and sugar beets. The Agronomy RIC provides current and comprehensive information based on research conducted at UC on sustainable management practices for each commodity. University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) workgroup and individual researcher publications, reports, and leaflets are available, and the Agronomy RIC provides contact information for UCCE specialists, farm advisors and faculty for people needing additional commodity information.
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UCCE offers Prescribed Fire on Private Lands Workshop
To reduce the dry grasses and shrubs that can fuel intense wildfires, California landowners and land managers are invited to attend
a prescribed-fire workshop
organized by University of California Cooperative Extension in October. The workshop will be offered in two locations – Placer County and Calaveras County.
The one-day workshop is designed for landowners and land managers who want to learn skills in prescribed-fire planning and implementation.
In addition to reducing wildfire fuels, prescribed fire is used to control invasive plant species and for ecological restoration. Each workshop will feature similar content: presentations on prescribed fire, including local fire history and current fire research; prescribed fire permitting and legal considerations; Cal Fire's Vegetation Management Program; fire weather forecasting and online tools; air quality and smoke management; fire terms and fire behavior; burn plan development; burn unit preparation; and fire tools and equipment.
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