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  • Backyard birds are potential sources of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. Beatriz Martinez Lopez and Alda Pires have a website, FARM PPE, with resources for poultry owners to reduce disease risk. Photo by Helder Quintas
    Backyard chickens stay healthy with help from UC researchers, website

    Mar 8, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • A pollinator mix of cover crops sprouts on an almond orchard floor at J&R Ranches in Manteca. Photos by Kamyar Aram
    Cover cropping season has begun: Free recorded webinars, demos available

    Oct 14, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • The cost of water may deter people from growing food in urban areas, says Lucy Diekmann, UC Cooperative Extension urban agriculture and food systems advisor in Santa Clara County.
    Drought hurts urban farmers, too

    Jun 21, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Gotham Greens is building a state-of-the-art greenhouse near UC Davis and partnering with UC ANR and UC Davis to advance research and innovation in indoor agriculture, greenhouse technology and urban agriculture. Photo courtesy of Gotham Greens
    UC partners with Gotham Greens to advance indoor agriculture

    Mar 2, 2021

    • Innovation
  • The Produce Safety Rule regulates the growing, harvesting and packing of produce. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    New food-safety guide outlines laws and best practices for urban farmers

    Feb 16, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Farm stands, like this strawberry stand in Sacramento County, must now practice social distancing and heightened disinfecting procedures.
    Urban ag supplies fresh fruits and vegetables, part of a healthy diet

    Apr 16, 2020

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Rachel Surls (Click image to download high-resolution version.)
    UCCE advisor Rachel Surls receives 2018 Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award

    Mar 20, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Health
  • Sac urban farm
    Urban farming workshops start soon in Sacramento and San Diego

    Mar 5, 2018

    • Agriculture
  • A UC Cooperative Extension workshop series in Los Angeles will help city growers build their knowledge on legal, production, marketing and food safety issues.
    UC ANR hosts workshops for California's urban farmers

    Jul 12, 2017

  • Steven Palomeres, former intern at WOW farms in West Oakland shares his experience in urban farming
    Youth speak, we listen: Youth voices in urban agriculture and building the UC connection

    Dec 13, 2016

  • City Slicker Farms' community market farm in Oakland
    6 ways local officials can encourage urban farming

    Mar 30, 2015

  • A potential solution to hunger and food insecurity is growing vegetables in backyards and vacant lots, says Rachel Surls, UC ANR urban agriculture advisor.
    Urban farms can help feed the hungry

    Mar 24, 2015

  • UC Cooperative Extension's Rachel Surls said consumer preferences are driving the growth of urban agriculture.
    Roof-top gardens on LA skyscrapers connect people with food

    Nov 13, 2014

  • Urban farmer Pilar Rebar gives a UC ANR team a tour of her organic seedling operation in Richmond, Calif.
    Lessons from California’s urban farms

    Oct 14, 2014

  • Muir Ranch, a farm at Muir High School in Pasadena, is tended by students and UC Master Gardeners.
    UC launches urban agriculture website

    Jul 2, 2014

  • Tens of thousands of mature date palm trees have been transplanted from fruit-producing orchards in the Coachella Valley into urban coastal Southern California landscapes. (D. R. Hodel).
    Ornamental landscape date palm: An overlooked urban fruit tree

    Mar 31, 2014

  • LA County was a major farming area in 1929.
    UC collaboration helps position LA urban agriculture for growth

    Sep 5, 2013

  • Hardworking backyard gardens can produce enough food to sell at a farmers market. (Photo: SC County Master Gardeners)
    UCCE advisor sees cultural shift toward urban ag in Los Angeles

    Sep 5, 2013

  • Will Allen with farmer Phil McGrath
    Growing Power's Will Allen Visits UCANR staff and So Cal Urban Farmers

    Aug 5, 2013

  • Blondie
    The case of the cannibal chicken

    Aug 1, 2013

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