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.

Image of Tribal Food Security Team overlooking Spring Creek at the headwaters of the Klamath River.

UC ANR partners with Karuk, Yurok, and Klamath tribes to improve food security

May 28, 2019

By Jennifer Sowerwine

Tribes in the Klamath River Basin are among the poorest and most food insecure in the US despite great ecological diversity and a history of plentiful foods including salmon, deer, elk, acorns, mushrooms, and berries.

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Dr. Peter Larbi interacting with student volunteers to demonstrating spray coverage during workshop.

UC lab increases student awareness of ag spray application engineering

May 28, 2019

By Peter A Larbi

Enabling K-12 students to experience math and science in agriculture enhances their awareness of the diverse career opportunities related to agriculture.

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Exercise dance class participants in action!

Bailoterapia helps fight obesity among Kings County families

May 28, 2019

By Vikram Koundinya

Many rural communities in California are finding inspiring solutions to the obesity crisis by leveraging local community strengths to promote healthy living. Kings County in California is largely a rural county with 80% of SNAP-Ed adults overweight or obese.

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Food distribution at Cesar Chavez Elementary School

UC partnership increases access to healthy food in Coachella

May 28, 2019

By Chutima H Ganthavorn

The desert city of Coachella has a population of 6,919. Seven-hundred and sixty-one residents do not live within 10 miles of a supermarket or have a car, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Research Atlas.

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UC ANR gardening workshops stimulate senior participation in wellness activities

May 28, 2019

By Mary L Blackburn

The Center for Disease Control reported in 2017, older adults accounted for 22% of the U.S. population, surpassing children and adolescents aged 014 years (19%). Therefore, California is turning gray.

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