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  • UC Cooperative Extension advisors retiring in 2018.
    Five UC Cooperative Extension advisors retired on July 1, 2018

    Jul 3, 2018

    • Agriculture
  • Mark Gaskell shown among blackberries bushes, but the UC Cooperative Extension advisor is known for his pioneering work on blueberries and coffee in California.
    UCCE small farms advisor Mark Gaskell retires

    Jun 29, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • California-grown coffee has great earning potential for farmers, reported Valley Public Radio.
    California-grown coffee could be the state's next gold mine

    Feb 20, 2018

    • Economic Development
    • Food
  • Jay Ruskey, left, and Mark Gaskell, shown at a coffee tasting in 2015. They planted their first California coffee field trial in 2002.
    California’s nascent coffee industry to hold summit Jan. 18

    Dec 12, 2017

  • California grown plums can be sourced sustainably to help meet the goals of the UC Global Food Initiative.
    Sourcing sustainable food for students is a success

    Mar 6, 2017

  • UC ANR experts provide perspective on drought in landscapes, orchards and wildfires.
    Media reaches out to UC ANR for drought news

    Jul 22, 2015

  • UC ANR plays a role in the California Small Farm Conference

    Mar 16, 2015

  • Coffee can benefit from the environment within an avocado orchard.
    California coffee can be grown amidst avocado trees

    Mar 13, 2015

  • Hoop houses help growers regulate the raspberry ripening process so the delicate fruit can reach markets at an opportune time.
    Hoop houses sprouting along Santa Barbara County roadways

    Apr 16, 2013

  • Mark Gaskell
    UC Cooperative Extension advisor helped Solvang family start a new business

    May 10, 2012

  • Santa Barbara coffee beans take up to one year to mature on the tree, compared to the 6 to 8 months it takes in tropical regions.
    California grown coffee is a new option for locavores

    Dec 13, 2011

  • UC helps farmers identify profitable specialty crops

    Mar 22, 2011

  • President Kennedy greets Peace Corps volunteers in 1961. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.)
    Many UC academics heeded Kennedy's call to 'serve the cause of peace'

    Feb 3, 2011

  • Santa Barbara County mulls over UCCE budget

    Jul 9, 2010

  • Lychee (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
    Lychee: Good for the body, good for the farm

    Jun 14, 2010

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