ANR Employee News

UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP) has released the request for proposals for the 2023-24 UC SAREP Small Grants Program.

At the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health convened since 1969, President Biden announced on Sept. 28 a national strategy to end hunger in America and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 so fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases.

This year's Electronic Records Day event The Great Digital Transformation What's in it for You? is a Zoom forum hosted by the UC Records Management Committee. The hour-long webinar will take place Nov. 1 at 10:01 a.m. Speakers will include experts in UC archives, records management and privacy.

Franz Reinhart Kegel, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor emeritus, of Stockton, passed away peacefully on Oct. 2. He was 94. Kegel was born June 21, 1928, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Friedrich and Margarete Kegel, German citizens who were living in the U.S. and teaching at Lehigh University.

Chen named woody biomass and wood products advisor Cindy Chen joined UC Cooperative Extension Sept. 6 as a woody biomass and wood products advisor for the Central Sierra and Alpine and Mariposa counties.