- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Wine Spectator said, "Weber was highly respected among wine writers and grape growers alike, who relied upon him to translate into plain English the latest information on anything related to growing grapes."
The Napa Valley Register also reported on Weber's ability to clearly convey information: "Colleagues said he could take the most complicated data...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
UC Cooperative Extension made a number of appearances in the media as last year came to a close . . .
The Hanford Sentinel ran a feature story on Kings County UC Cooperative Extension nutrition education program manager Shonnon Gutierrez. "What we do is provide nutrition education curriculum for teachers in Kings County schools that qualify with 50 to 100 percent in the free or reduced lunch program," she said. In the story, Gutierrez conveyed her enthusiasm for her work: "It's a great job and everyone in the office is amazing," she said. "It's such a great place to work and Peggy Gregory is a...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Happy New Year! One of my favorite media phenomena opened 2008 - stories with long legs. In the middle of last summer, the press widely covered UC Davis assistant professor Alyson Mitchell's research comparing organic with conventional tomatoes, as was reported in this blog on July 9. The San Francisco Chronicle tackled the topic on November 28, and their article was picked up today in the
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Wire services make it interesting to see where UC Cooperative Extension experts might end up. This one's a little mysterious. If anyone can shed some light, please post a comment.
The Columbia Tribune in Missouri ran a McClatchy story yesterday that quoted UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor Glenn Nader. (McClatchy owns the Sacramento Bee, the Fresno Bee and other papers, but I couldn't find this story on any other Web site.)
The article is about efforts to get cattle to put on pounds while eating less. My first thought was the same as the article's writer, who said the premise "sounds like something out of a dieter’s...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Writer Alison Rood knew where to turn when she wondered about pulling out her lawn and decided to write about it. Her column in the San Francisco Chronicle included expert advice from a UCCE master gardener and a UCCE horticulture advisor.
The picture of her backyard looked quite nice to me, but she lamented that the lawn no longer served a useful purpose. Rood contacted master gardener Sandy Metzger.
Metzger told Rood she replaced most of her own lawn with drought-tolerant perennials and ornamental grasses. "The hummingbirds, bees and other insects go crazy in the garden practically all year long," Metzger is...