ANR Employee News

UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center (SFREC) is soliciting proposals from April 1 to May 15, 2026, to support new and continuing research.

This February, the CALE team co-organized a workshop with L.A. Food Policy Council at Alma Backyard Farms, an urban farm in Compton. The event focused on making agritourism accessible to urban growers, ensuring resources reach smaller-scale and lower-resourced operations.

Vice President Glenda Humiston, Interim Associate Vice President for Research and Cooperative Extension Darren Haver and a delegation of UC ANR members and supporters traveled to Washington, D.C. for the annual CARET and Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities’ Board on Agriculture Assembly…

Spotted-Wing Drosophila Team won a PBESA award, David E. Block will receive the American Society for Enology and Viticulture Merit Award for 2026., and Justin Valliere has been named to the board of directors for the nonprofit Calflora Wild Plant Database.

UC Cooperative Extension of Ventura County hosted a recent workshop examining the intersection of climate change and agriculture which attracted dozens of growers and other engaged member of the public.