UC Delivers

UC Delivers is a collection of examples showing how UC ANR is making a difference in California's communities.

UC Delivers is managed by UC ANR Program Planning and Evaluation. For instructions on how to write a UC Delivers Post, click here. For instructions on how to submit a post, you can download this PDF. Please contact Christina Becker at christina.becker@ucop.edu for more information.

Entomology Advisor David Haviland discusses mating disruption at an educational tour stop sponsored by the University of California

IPM Advisors demonstrate mating disruption for key almond pest

June 28, 2019

By Jhalendra P Rijal, David R Haviland

As a result of UC ANR's Almond Pest Management Alliance Project, use of mating disruption as an ecologically sustainable pest management practice tripled over two years by growers and pest control advisers who influence over 400,000 acres of almonds in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Project 4-H20 teens displaying the drinking water promotion message of the week

Project 4-H20 develops effective teen public leaders

June 27, 2019

By Marisa Neelon

Earlier work by Project 4-H20 teens found that average student water consumption at at John Swett High School in Contra Costa County was only 4.92 cups, less than the recommended 8 cups.

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Teens learn how to improve their focus, attention, social and stress management skills at the University of California 4-H Mindfulness Retreat

California 4-H healthy living programs improves youth health outcomes

June 26, 2019

By Marcel Horowitz

California youth face increasing challenges to their social, emotional and physical health. Threats to children's physical health include obesity (28.9%), inactivity (76%), inadequate sleep (85%), and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (63%).

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During the career fair, an Engineer speaks with youth about what she does for her job

UCCE programming increases student leadership for healthy outcomes

June 25, 2019

By Shannon Klisch, Katherine E Soule

Youth in low-income communities of color face health inequities. While 14.6% of all California adolescents ages 12-17 are classified as obese, rates are much higher among Latino adolescents (20.2%) and highest among adolescents in very low-income households (20.4% vs. 12.

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UCCE Los Angeles improves food security

June 21, 2019

By Natalie M Price

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers a household to be food insecure if it experiences either: low food security reports a reduction in the quality, variety, or desirability of diet, or very low food security reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and...

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