- Author: Mark Bell
Unify-Communicate-Advocate
SI Spotlight webinar series continuing strong: Building resilient food systems and managing invasive pests
The food systems series being coordinated by the Healthy Families and Communities and Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiatives teams continues to explore how to reimagine our food systems. Sign up below and join us for the remaining webinars - on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month through at least November - to continue the discussion. Please let us know if you're interested in providing leadership or participating in a webinar for this series.
Contacts: Deanne Meyer and Lynn Schmitt McQuitty
Webinar #1 - Food Safety and COVID-19 (video) Slides (PDF)
Webinar #2 - California Food Systems: Partnerships and Resources (video) Slides (PDF) Resource Kit (PDF)
Webinar #3 - The Ins and Outs of Niche Marketing Meat (video) Slides (PDF) Resource Kit (PDF)
Webinar #4 - Beef Supply Chain and Market Disruptions (uploaded soon)
Sept. 8, 2020 | Webinar #5 - Farm Boxes and Food Hubs: Building Local Food System Resilience During COVID-19 register here
Sept. 22, 2020 | Webinar #6 - Victory Gardens Then and Now register here
Oct. 13, 2020 | Webinar #7 - Increasing Resiliency of Farmers' Market & Equitable Access to Fresh, Local Produce register here
Oct. 27, 2020 | Webinar #8 - Re-imagining Food Systems: Emerging Strategies for Regional Food Systems Resulting from COVID-19 register here
Nov. 10, 2020 | Webinar #9 - date available
Nov. 24, 2020 | Webinar #10 - date available
Visit the Spotlight webinars page for recordings.
Invasive pests can affect almost all aspects of our lives - our gardens, our communities, our food systems, our natural ecosystems. The Endemic and Invasive Pest & Diseases (EIPD) SI is in the process of designing a multipart webinar series on managing invasive pests to help us understand what's the problem along with what we can and should do. Stay tuned to hear more.
Contact: Jim Farrar
Virtual reach continues to grow
Across the organization, people continue to explore and improve their skills to develop and deliver our educational content. An example of success is the 40% increase (around 300,000 views) in video viewing across UC IPM and UC Master Gardener channels. For the first time, the number of views topped 1 million. In another development, CalFresh Healthy Living, UC compiled some 20+ lessons online for virtual access and use through school curricula.
See how you can improve your skills - visit the UC ANR Learning & Development Site (UCANR.edu/L&D) to learn more about:
Apps. Information on some of the emerging tools, including how to access GSuite.
Online courses. Check out the recently developed Checklist: online course minimum standards.
Video. Develop your "How-to" video making skills.
Virtual Consultations. Get some Virtual consultation tips.
Webinars. Pick up some pointers from the engaging webinars checklist or explore deeper to develop your webinar skills.
All these materials have been developed with input from many, many colleagues.
What's in the pipeline
The SIs offer a home for strategic thought, drawing on members of the wider UC ANR community and beyond as we seek to address issues of current and emerging importance. In the discussion pipeline, we have:
Disaster response - How to contribute and position ourselves for broader impact, recognizing the tremendous progress made by the Fire group.
Engaging AES and Program Teams
Being relevant
- What might/should the Extension of the future look like? How do we stay relevant - e.g., addressing urban extension needs. What could we look like? What partnerships to pursue?
- What could post-COVID-19 tertiary education look like? What could be the role of UC ANR (re: community colleges, CSUs, UCs, internships…)?
- Virtual tours
Let us know what skills or tips you found useful and what more you'd like to learn.
For more on the SIs and their activities, contact:
Jim Farrar (EIPD)
David Lewis (Water)
David Lile (SNE)
Deanne Meyer (SFS)
Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty (HFC)
Mark Bell (Strategic Initiatives and Statewide Programs)
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
“I was inspired to write the book by the large number of basic questions I got from people curious about DNA and how it works, but lacking the technical training they thought they needed,” McHughen said. “They've told me the books currently available are either too simplistic or too technical. So DNA Demystified aims to hit that middle ground, being scientifically accurate, but also accessible for the nonexpert. In that respect, it is absolutely perfect for home schoolers, both the teacher-parent and the science curious student.”
What people know, or think they know, about DNA and genetics is often confused or incorrect. McHughen clarifies popular misconceptions people hear on the news and read on the internet.
The book begins with the basic groundwork and a brief history of DNA and genetics. Chapters then cover newsworthy topics, including DNA fingerprinting, using DNA in forensic analyses, and identifying cold-case criminals. For readers intrigued by at-home DNA tests, the text includes fascinating explorations of genetic genealogy and family tree construction-crucial for people seeking their biological ancestry. Other chapters describe genetic engineering in medicine and pharmaceuticals, and the use of those same technologies in creating the far more controversial GMOs in food and agriculture. Throughout, the book raises provocative ethical and privacy issues arising from DNA and genetic technologies.
“I also found some genetic experts also enjoy the book for exposing them to some of the applications they were less familiar with, whether genetic genealogy, forensic genetics, or genetic engineering and genome editing. I like to think there's something for everyone here,” McHughen said.
The book is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190092963.
For more information, see the UC Riverside news release at https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/08/27/new-book-explains-dna-curious-nonscientists.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Ray Lucas, senior producer and director of digital media, will retire Sept. 1 after 35 years of UC service, including the last 23 years with UC ANR. In 1984, Lucas joined UC Davis in Instructional Media, now called Academic Technology Service.
“During my campus years, I got to travel to Oaxaca and Osaka,” Lucas said. “Even back then I was working on UCCE programs, cutting Teletips for radio and recording meetings.”
“I remember Ray from the era of slide projectors and screens,” said Dan Putnam, UC Cooperative Extension specialist based in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. “Over the years, Ray Lucas has made a tremendous contribution to the education of thousands of farmers, PCAs and others interested in farming practices and scientific findings. He has been a regular feature, recording and editing the videos from the California and Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium, which has been held yearly for the past nearly 50 years. Ray's skills in putting together the videos and electronics is unparalleled. These videos have been posted and are widely viewed by those who attend and many who don't attend these meetings. You can still see them at http://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu.”
In 1997, Lucas moved to UC ANR to lend his videography skills to Communication Services.
“I really enjoyed working with Ray because he was as comfortable working inside, covering meetings, as he was in the field,” said Rachael Long, UCCE advisor in the Capitol Corridor. “Thanks to Ray, we have lots of top-notch UC IPM YouTube training videos for managing pests in crops! Ray always made all the time in the world to create great videos with superb videography skills, utmost patience and dedication. He'll be missed!”
Lucas traveled throughout the state to assist UCCE colleagues with digital communications outreach.
“Ray helped our UC ANR Urban Agriculture team make our materials accessible to a much wider audience,” said Rachel Surls, UCCE advisor in Los Angeles County “He came out to workshops that we put on around the state and filmed them and edited them in a way that made them helpful and user-friendly. I felt like he always went the extra mile for us – once he even made us a surprise video promo for us to use to promote an upcoming workshop series. I will miss having him as a resource in our organization.”
Over the course of Lucas's career, technology has changed communications.
“We used to do live satellite teleconferences from the Sacramento Hilton, Fresno Convention Center and LA, and now you have Zoom,” Lucas said. “I used to carry around a heavy camera with a recorder, now you can whip out your phone and practically shoot, narrate and edit a video on own your device.”
As camera technology evolved to make it possible for more people to shoot videos, Lucas began training employees how to shoot their own videos.
“Whether in the field or in the studio, I have always learned something new when working together with Ray,” said Petr Kosina, content development supervisor for the Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. “He was always ready to accommodate last minute requests, always had all possible equipment needed with him and was willing to experiment with unusual ideas for recording and editing, and to share his perspective and experience.”
In later years, Lucas began working with Strategic Communications, shooting and producing videos to complement news releases and promotional videos such as “For you, California.” He also coached academics and program representatives on how to set up demonstrations and props for TV news interviews.
“The value of Ray's contributions to the Master Gardener program in Sacramento County is difficult to capture in words,” said Judy McClure,UCCE Master Gardener Program coordinator inSacramento County. “His videos shot at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center are a wonderful display of his impact. While using his technical expertise, he transformed himself into a Master Gardener volunteer to capture the essence of our outdoor classroom. The colors of plants, the movements of insects and the expressions on visitors faces all work together to transport us away from the computer out into the garden. Over the years, the resulting videos have become a valuable part of both our external promotional materials and our internal volunteer recognition activities.”
Looking back over his career, Lucas said, “I was fortunate to get a behind-the-scenes look into California's agriculture and view some of California's hidden locations – like the Natural Reserve System.”
After many years of collaboration with Lucas, Kosina said, “In UC IPM, we will miss Ray a lot and will have to step up our game to continue producing quality instructional videos and video components of our online courses.”
Putnam added, “Many thanks to Ray for many years of loyal service to the farming community.”
- Author: Jodi Azulai
Upcoming webinars
Past Webinar Recordings
Offering a webinar?
Food Resiliency Spotlight Series Webinar #5 - Farm boxes and food hubs: Building local food system resilience during COVID-19
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020
10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Register to attend here.
This webinar will address both small farm support/viability and meeting the needs of food insecure populations.
Please fund my program! Developing your case for support for donors
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020
10 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Whether you are seeking gift or grant funding, connecting your work with a donor's own goals, values and interests is essential to ensure a successful outcome. Join Development Services team members Kelly Scott and Andrea Ambrose for a practical and straightforward approach to developing your case statement. This session will walk you through the process and will provide resources to help you to tell the story of your impact and define what needs your work will address – especially valuable during challenging times. Participants will:
- learn how a clearly defined case for support can enhance their fundraising efforts and increase their chance for success.
- be introduced to a simple process for identifying the key impacts of their work including the needs/problems it addresses/solves.
- have easy to use templates to assist in articulating their unique case statement
- better understand how Development Services can provide practical resources and training opportunities
Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09 - 1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656 - Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Black Farming: Beyond "40 Acres and a Mule."
Sept. 11-12, 2020
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Register here.
This conference will be discussing the influential history of black farmers in Ohio with an emphasis on the strength of community, preparing the next generation of underrepresented farmers for the future, and cultivating the cooperative business model to promote healthy farming and sustainable businesses. There will be keynote addresses, breakout sessions, networking, a resource fair and more! Click to read more.
Navigating conflict & tough conversations in agriculture
Sept. 14, 2020; 6:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Register here.
In this series of five engaging 30-minute sessions, you'll learn tips and strategies for having constructive interactions that can lead to better outcomes for everyone involved. You will also learn precautions to keep yourself safe in highly charged situations. These online sessions are an adaptation of a three-hour workshop we offered in 2019. Whether the content is new to you or you simply want a refresher, we hope you'll participate and share the opportunity with colleagues. Read more here.
Volunteer professional development and skills: What do CA 4-H volunteers want?
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020
11 a.m. – Noon
Join presenters Dorina Espinoza, Car Mun Kok, Liliana Vega and Steven Worker, who will share research findings on the skill areas and competencies that are important to 4-H volunteers and the professional development opportunities through which they want to build those skills. Participants will also have the opportunity to engage in discussions on how they would apply this information to inform volunteer professional development in order to meet their needs and develop their capacity to be effective volunteers.
We anticipate that participants in our session would gain understanding in the skill areas that 4-H volunteers view as important and the professional development opportunities that volunteers want and need. Our session will inform participants on the topic areas that volunteers felt are important for them to develop in order to become more competent 4-H volunteers. We will also inform participants on the process or delivery modes for skill learning and professional development, as reported by volunteers. We anticipate that participants would be able to use the information in their 4-H volunteer development efforts. Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09 - 1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656 - Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Digital Technology eFieldbook Webinar
Sept. 16, 2020 11 a.m.- Noon
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Learn key takeaways and findings of the project Using Digital Technology eFieldbook. The eFieldbook was created by the eXtension Foundation as part of a 1-year agreement between the USDA-NIFA and eXtension's New Technologies for Agricultural Extension (NTAE). Many Cooperative Extension professionals from around the country contributed to this eFieldbook which contains:
- Perspective pieces with a future focus
- Discussion about Connect Extension and Instagram
- Curated resources in areas including:
-Science communications
-Web accessibility
-Leveraging content
Content for the eFieldbook was informed in part by a survey with more than 300 respondents, and the COVID-19 crisis, which increased demand for social media content and training relating to our work in Cooperative Extension.
Inclusive content: Best practices for creating engaging online content & improving accessibility for individuals with disabilities (eXtension)
Sept. 17, 2020 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
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Cooperative Extension professionals are increasingly using social media to reach audiences we serve, including those with disabilities. Content that is accessible and inclusive benefits everyone. While no social media platform is 100% accessible, there are many things that we can do to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities. In this webinar hosted by eXtension Foundation, you'll learn about:
- The components of social media accessibility;
- How to include image descriptions in your posts;
- The importance of using contrast in color choices;
- Using descriptive links;
- Video captioning;
- Best practices for using hashtags and emojis;
- Tips for using the accessibility features on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube;
- How YouTube can be used as a tool to generate .srt files to use in videos for other platforms like Twitter and Instagram;
- What to avoid; and
- Where to go for additional information.
The webinar will include an interactive portion, enabling participants to see best practices in action. You'll come away with tips, techniques, resources and a wealth of practical knowledge.
Leading in time of crisis and beyond – Relational Connection WebANR
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Noon-12:30 p.m.
Join Frank McPherson, Director SF Bay Area Cooperative Extension to learn how to build a relational connection to your teams times of crisis and remote work using tools of listening, empathy, resilience, and agility.
Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09 - 1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656 - Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Utah's rural online initiative: connecting rural communities with remote work
Wednesday September 23, 2020
Noon – 1 p.m.
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Join Paul Hill, Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, Utah State University. He will present USU's new program to help people in rural communities prepare for the future. This program assists people in developing skills needed for remote work. The purpose of the Rural Online Initiative program is to provide Utah's rural workforce with education, training, and services for online opportunities in remote employment, freelance work and e-commerce.
The University of California Land Grab: A Legacy of Profit from Indigenous Land
Widescale U.S. higher education began in 1862 when the Morrill Act provided each state with “public” lands to sell for the establishment of university endowments. The public land-grant university movement is lauded as the first major federal funding for higher education and for making liberal and practical education accessible to Americans of average means. However hidden beneath the oft-told land-grant narrative is the land itself: the nearly 11 million acres of land sold through the Morrill Act was expropriated from tribal nations. This two-part forum examines the 150,000 acres of Indigenous land that funded the University of California, how this expropriation is intricately tied to California's unique history of Native dispossession and genocide, and how UC continues to benefit from this wealth accumulation today. We will then explore current university initiatives with tribes and engage in a community dialogue on actions the University of California can take to address their responsibility to California Indigenous communities.
Part 1: Unearthing indigenous land dispossession in the founding of the University of California
Friday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m. – Noon
Register here.
Preliminary schedule
Moderator: Phenocia Bauerle (Apsaálooke) Director, Native American Student Development, UC Berkeley
Land-Grab Universities and the Morrill Act
- Robert Lee, University Lecturer in American History, University of Cambridge
Tristan Ahtone (Kiowa), Editor-in-Chief, Texas Observer
The University of California as a Land-Grab Institution
- Brittani Orona (Hoopa Valley), PhD Student, UC Davis
- Kat Whiteley (Wiyot): Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
- Beth Rose Middleton, Professor and Chair of Native American Studies, UC Davis
Part 2: From Land-grab to land acknowledgment and beyond
Friday, Oct. 23, 9 a.m.– Noon
Register here.
Preliminary schedule
Moderator: Rosalie Z. Fanshel, Ph.D. student, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, and program manager, Berkeley Food Institute, UC Berkeley
- Current initiatives between UC system and California Indigenous communities
- Moderator: Clifford Trafzer (Wyandot), Distinguished Professor of History and Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, UC Riverside
- Valentin Lopez (Amah Mutsun), Chairman, Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
- Jennifer Sowerwine, Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley
- Beth Rose Middleton, Professor and Chair of Native American Studies, UC Davis
- Inspirations for accountability from land-grant university siblings
- Moderator: Christina Snider, Tribal Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom and Executive Secretary of the Native American Heritage Commission
- Christie M. Poitra, Interim Director, Native American Institute, Michigan State University
- Breakout sessions: Call to action (moderated by 6 Native American graduate students and staff at UC Berkeley)
- Teaching/pedagogy
- Student experience/development
- Research
- Land acknowledgments
- Field stations/UC land
- Cooperative Extension
- Closing remarks: Margaret Nash, Professor Emerita of Education, UC Riverside
For more information about the forum contact Rosalie Z. Fanshel at rzfanshel@berkeley.edu
Field trials, material transfer agreements, and non-disclosure agreements
Wednesday, Sept. 30
9:30 a.m.-10:30 am
Receiving or sending data, tangible items, or confidential information from another entity? Conducting a field trial paid for by a sponsor? Tune in to learn more about field trial, material transfer and non-disclosure contracts. With Kathy Nolan and Kimberly Lamar. Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09 - 1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656 - Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Contributions and consequences of volunteering in the 4-H Youth Development Program
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, 11 a.m. - Noon
Join presenters Dorina Espinoza, Car Mun Kok, Liliana Vega, and Steven Worker to learn about their research on 4-H volunteers.
Volunteers are essential for the delivery of the California 4-H Youth Development program. In order to better understand volunteer needs, our research explored the skill areas that volunteers felt are important for their role and the professional development opportunities that they want. In this session, we will share our findings on the skill areas and competencies that are important to 4-H volunteers and the professional development opportunities through which they want to build those skills. Participants will also have the opportunity to engage in discussions on how they would apply this information to inform volunteer professional development in order to meet their needs and develop their capacity to be effective volunteers.
Volunteers are integral to the delivery of 4-H programs. Our study explored consequences of volunteering on the 4-H program and on the volunteers themselves. We collected 1,245 responses from California 4-H volunteers and analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.
We anticipate that workshop participants will improve their awareness and understanding of the consequences of volunteering in 4-H on the organization and on the volunteers themselves. Two primary knowledge outcomes will be that participants are able to communicate: (a) the value of 4-H volunteers beyond economic worth, and instead, discuss volunteer's contributions to make a significant, innovative, or lasting impact on the organization; (b) the benefits to volunteer's own personal development, including developing skills, improving well-being and social development. Ultimately, we expect participants to be able to use this information to improve their 4-H volunteer recruitment efforts, training and retention. Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09 - 1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656 - Webinar ID: 751 701 428
We actively avoid information that can help us (Harvard Business Review)
Emily Ho of Northwestern University and two co-researchers asked more than 2,300 survey participants whether they would like to get various kinds of information that could be useful to them, including how their retirement accounts stacked up against their peers', what listeners thought of a speech they'd recently given, and how coworkers rated their strengths and weaknesses. The team found that the respondents opted out 32% of the time, on average. The conclusion: We actively avoid information that can help us. Click to read more.
Overwhelmed (eXtension)
When things get tight it seems we always are expected to do more with less...not less with less. This can lead to that uncomfortable feeling of being overwhelmed. While this one post won't be able to address the cause, here are a couple things to help. Click to read more.
2020 ESP National Conference (Extension Professional's Organization Epsilon Sigma Phi ESP)
Oct. 6-8, 2020; Starting time each day at 8:30 a.m.
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Sign up online. Regular registration pricing ends on Sept. 7. Payment can be made online or mailed with invoice.
The 2020 ESP National Conference hosted by the New York Lambda Chapter is all about professional development for all Extension professionals. In addition to seminar, ignite and poster presentations, this virtual conference will headline with an outstanding speaker each of the three days. Learn more about all three of these individuals at ESP Conference Speakers.
Planning and Evaluation capacity building trainings
October & November | Every Tuesday 10 a.m.- Noon
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Hosted by UC ANR Program Planning and Evaluation, the CE Evaluation Specialist, and the 4-H Evaluation Coordinator. Online interactive trainings highlighting UCCE examples to build program planning and evaluation capacity. This 8-part series is being offered a la carte, select whichever interests you! Who should attend? CE academics, community educator specialists and other program staff. New employees are highly encouraged.
Embracing Allyship Leadercamp (Skillsoft)
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If you missed this interactive and thought-provoking hour, "Embracing Allyship" you can still find it in the recording. It provides expert guidance to help you take the next step. You'll have the information and insight you need to become a thoughtful and productive ally for underrepresented groups in your workplace and community.
UC ANR 21-day Racial Equity Challenge
Welcome to ANR's 21-Day Anti-Racism Challenge! ucanr.edu/21days
ANR employees, along with other UC locations and thousands of other people across the U.S. and beyond, are committing to deepening understanding of, and willingness to confront, racism for twenty-one consecutive days.
Diversity scholar Eddie Moore, Jr. created the 21-Day Challenge to encourage a deeper understanding of race, privilege, supremacy, power, and oppression. Why 21 days? Some say it takes 21 days to create a habit. The intention of this initiative is to support ANR employees in developing “effective social justice habits” to effect meaningful change.
People at Food Solutions New England Sustainability Institute FSNE were inspired by his work and the work of Debby Irving and Marguerite Pennick-Parks to adapt the 21-Day Habit-Building Challenge to their food system network. FSNE has been organizing and hosting the Challenge every year since 2015.
ANR has adapted FSNE's February 2020 21-Day Equity Challenge titled “Beyond Words: to Action and Resiliency” to make it easy for employees to independently dive into their own examination of the program or to create a cohort of ANR employees with whom to share the experience. More information at ucanr.edu/21days
I am very pleased to announce that with a $20 million award from the National Science Foundation and several federal agencies, UC ANR is collaborating with UC Davis and other institutions to create a new artificial intelligence institute for next-generation food systems.
The farming/food industry is experiencing a technology revolution. Digital, biological and mechanical innovations are being applied to solve long-standing challenges such as the impacts of climate change, ensuring food and nutrition security, and sustainable and profitable crop production. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to most of these innovations, as they all have one common attribute: they produce and consume large amounts of data. AI is a way to put the large amount of data we have to work for us, making computers and machines smarter and more effective.
The USDA-NSF AI for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) puts UC ANR in a leading role with UC Davis, UC Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Cornell in developing AI-based technology for the food system, but,perhaps more importantly, in applying them in real-world situations, training a next-generation workforce, and engaging the public in their value.
UC ANR staff and academics will have the opportunity to engage with AIFS through virtual and live events, research, extension and commercialization projects, workforce development activities and more. In many ways, AIFS will be a new support center for UC ANR staff and academics, helping to provide the latest training and tools for UC ANR's Cooperative Extension and outreach activities in California and beyond.
Gabe Youtsey, UC ANR chief innovation officer and Maggi Kelly, director of UC ANR's Informatics and GIS program, will be the primary UC ANR contacts for AIFS. In the coming weeks, AIFS will provide further information about events and ways to engage. Please reach out to gdyoutsey@ucanr.edu to express your interest in getting more information as AIFS is launched.
Glenda Humiston
Vice President