- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Yesterday, UC Davis news service distributed a news release about an audit that found some funds intended for the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program were misspent. While FSNEP is administered at the UC Davis campus, ANR advisors and program representatives in 40 counties deliver the program to the clientele.
The news was widely reported in the media. The Sacramento Bee mentioned in its story the information was released in response to a public records request made by the newspaper. The reporter, Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, spoke to UC Davis news service director Mitchell Benson. He told...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Fresno Bee ran a by-lined obituary about legendary UCCE farm advisor Leslie (Les) Stromberg on Saturday. Mr. Stromberg, who was hired as the Fresno County advisor for "soils and truck crops" in 1951, passed away Nov. 12 at the age of 89. According to the article, Mr. Stromberg sounded early warnings about the danger of San Joaquin Valley soil contamination, and helped growers fight plant disease, increase yield and establish Fresno County as the leading agricultural region in the nation.
The reporter who wrote the obituary, Jim Steinberg, sought comments from Mr. Stromberg's successor in the post of soils and water farm advisor, Dan Munk, and...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
An article in today's Hanford Sentinel notes that Daniel Dooley hails from the same Hanford high school as his predecessor Reg Gomes.
"It's probably not common that you get people from the same high school following each other in these types of positions," the newspaper quotes Dooley.
In his article about the appointment, reporter Seth Nidever went to UCCE Kings County farm advisor Bob Beede for comment.
"Dan definitely understands the nature of the value and the critical use for agriculture ... and the activities assigned to the UC...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Today's media coverage of the appointment of Daniel M. Dooley to the position of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources vice president seemed to center in his native San Joaquin Valley.
The Fresno Bee offered the most extensive coverage with a story on the front page of the business section and an editorial calling the Regents' appointment a "wise choice." Fresno Bee ag reporter Dennis Pollock used comments from both Dooley and UC Regent Fred Ruiz gleaned during a teleconference yesterday. In addition, he included quotes in his story from Chowchilla grower Kole Upton, search committee...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Sacramento News and Review ran a story today about apiculturist Eric Mussen's recent presentation at UC Davis on colony collapse disorder of honey bees. Using an irreverent writing style, reporter Kel Munger outlined the role of bees in production of fruit, nuts and vegetables in California and delved into theories about CCD.
"Mussen, possessor of one of those dry, scientific senses of humor, offered up theories galore, varying from the divine (bees raptured to heaven) to the conspiratorial (jet 'chemtrails' or 'chemical contrails' supposedly intended to kill old people have accidentally killed bees). He debunked them both gleefully, then...
