- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
I've blogged about the past and present of ANR news. Today, I have the privilege of blogging about the future. In the age of YouTube, this will not seem to be a big step, especially to under-40-year-olds. But to those of us whose childhood was recorded on 8mm film and viewed only twice when a clacking projector was dragged out of the closet, it is significant.
Today, the first ANR news video was posted on our Web site. The story was conducive to visuals. Live sheep graze in a research vineyard surrounded by beautiful scenery. At one point, two Canada geese soar across the background as UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The light brown apple moth is getting publicity in the California media and attention from UC scientists. Just yesterday the Monterey Herald ran a story on local concerns about the new pest. The pest's discovery last February has been widely reported in the ag trades, such as California Farmer, and other general media outlets, like the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Associated Press. To...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The top story in the Fresno Bee business section this morning reports on the relatively high number of citrus trees that had to be removed at the UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center this year due to citrus tristeza virus infection.
Reporter Robert Rodriguez interviewed Lindcove director Beth Grafton-Cardwell. According to the article, she told him that the number of cotton aphids, the pest that is spreading the disease from tree to tree, was high this year.
"We had the best-case scenario for transmitting the virus," Grafton-Cardwell was quoted in the story. "And that's why we saw...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Web site Science and Society posted a podcast last week of an in depth interview with Tom Tomich, director of the ANR Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. Tomich also is director of the UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute.
According to its Web site, Science and Society's audio program focuses on medical breakthroughs, energy and the environment, space exploration, nanotechnology, and K-12 science education. It aims to promote public awareness and understanding of science and enhancement and enrichment of math and science education.When host David Lemberg opened the show with Tomich by asking him to define "sustainability," he quoted a...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The ABC news television affiliate in Fresno reported last night that the death of a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley two weeks ago may have been due to heat stress. The 54-year-old Mexican national died next to a packing house on the outskirts of Kettleman City.
A prolonged heat wave last summer prompted UC Cooperative Extension to gather information for the public about avoiding heat-related illnesses. Articles on the how the body handles heat and how to cope with heat are included in a heat stress media kit available online. A downloadable information card in pdf...
