- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
I noted in an earlier blog entry that the Sacramento Bee ran a nice obituary on retired UC Cooperative Extension food scientist George K. York II.
The San Francisco Chronicle also ran an obituary on Dr. York. It included this poignant quote from his son, Sacramento neurologist George K. York III:
"He was gentle and generous with his time, resources and really vast knowledge. Many times he had the opportunity to leave the university for industry and make 10 times the amount, but he was much happier sharing his knowledge with the people of...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
InsideBayArea.com published a heart-warming feature story today about a new honor for retired UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor and San Mateo County director Gloria Brown.
Brown received a "Local Hero" award Wednesday in recognition of four decades spent educating her community and raising awareness of serious health and nutrition issues, especially among African-Americans.
Brown's list of accolades and accomplishments is long, according to the story. "She has served on so many boards, she can't keep track of them all," the article says.
Two years ago, I had the...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Woodland Daily Democrat picked up a press release our office distributed a few days ago about funding UCCE nutrition educators received to create a low-literacy questionnaire to identify children on the path toward overweight or obesity. I delayed writing about this story's appearance in the news media a few days hoping that I would see it picked up elsewhere.
In essence, the article announces the fact that the National Research Initiative funded a $390,000 grant that will allow UC Cooperative Extension experts to document the specific behaviors associated with the growth of overweight and...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Any weather event seems to prompt the media to get reaction, and for the ag perspective, they frequently turn to the experts at UC Cooperative Extension.
A story by David Sneed this past weekend in The (San Luis Obispo County) Tribune reported on rainfall at the Central Coast. It said recent storms have brought San Luis Obispo County’s rainfall totals to slightly above normal and asserted that farmers and ranchers would like still more.
The weather station at Cal Poly, the article said, has records dating from 1869. It recorded slightly more than six inches of rain last year, while average precipitation at the Cal Poly station is 22...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Over the weekend, the Sacramento Bee included a touching news obituary about retired UC Cooperative Extension food scientist George K. York II, who passed away last week at the age of 82.
In his late teens, Dr. York planned a career in professional baseball, but he was drafted by the Marines and was wounded in the invasion of Iwo Jima. After the war, Dr. York began college studies at Stanford, eventually earning a Ph.D. at UC Davis in 1960.
The story said Dr. York was a food bacteriologist with Cooperative Extension for more than 30 years, an authority on food-borne infections, and that he brought national attention to UC...