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Eight women stand behind the Master Gardener and Farm Smart tables

CDFA workshop brings Farm to School partners together at DREC

December 22, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Farm Smart personnel, UCCE advisors, CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE educators and UC Master Gardeners are partnering on a CDFA Farm to School project to foster students’ knowledge in food, nutrition and agriculture.

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A group photo of people in holiday sweaters and costumes

Celebration Corner

December 22, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UC ANR colleagues won awards, participated in events and celebrated together.

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A man flies a spray drone toward a citrus orchard. Green hills in background

VINE Connect wraps first year with largest field day yet at Lindcove REC

December 22, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

More than 200 farmers, technologists, researchers, students and partners gathered at Lindcove Research and Extension Center on Dec. 5 for the fourth and final VINE Connect Field Day of 2025.The event marked a milestone: one year since the program launched, with attendance more than doubling since the…

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Five new faculty join AES at UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz

December 21, 2025

By Katherine Webb-Martinez

Five new AES faculty joined the founding nine AES faculty at UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz campuses: Joshua Garcia, Andrea Joyce, Crystal Kolden, Madeleine Fairbairn and Pallab Sarker.

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Recording available for using AI and data analytics for Cooperative Extension

December 21, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

A webinar on using artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics in Cooperative Extension work is now available on YouTube.

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