ANR Employee News

FIRA USA 2022, the International Forum of Agricultural Robotics, will be held in Fresno on Oct. 18-20. Abstracts are being accepted for research and development presentations on Oct. 18, the first day of the three-day agricultural robotics and technology event.

During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, UC ANR colleagues gathered via Zoom for virtual events to learn, share, support and celebrate. The presentations were recorded and will be posted under DEI on the Learning and Development recording archive page https://ucanr.

To ensure information technology system security and stability, the UC ANR IT team will be performing scheduled maintenance routinely every third Sunday of the month. Planned maintenance activities will occur in an eight-hour window from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In commemoration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, you are invited to attend a special virtual presentation, "Stories in Seeds: Asian American Identity as Rooted in Heirloom Crops," by Kristyn Leach of Namu Farms and Second Generation Seeds.

Pearsons joins UCCE as small farm advisor Kirsten Pearsons joined UC Cooperative Extension on March 1 as a small farm advisor for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.