- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The article was based on press release distributed yesterday by UC Davis.
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
A campaign on Facebook is encouraging Americans to assert "food independence" on July 4th and enjoy sustainable holiday picnics as an inspiration to others.
The effort drew the attention of Huffington Post columnist Leslie Hatfield, who declared in an article published yesterday that "eating local food is patriotic."Hatfield contacted the director of UC Cooperative Extension in Ventura County, Rose Hayden-Smith, to get her take on food and patriotism. Hayden-Smith just finished her dissertation on...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Dan Macon, a Placerville lamb rancher who last year received UC's Pedro Ilic Award for outstanding farmer, was the subject of a human interest feature in today's Sacramento Bee.
The article said Macon is among Placer County's most successful and sustainable meat purveyors. He sells his product to local restaurants and as part of the Sierra Foothills Meat Buyers Club.In addition to producing meat, Macon contracts with other farmers to "mow" their cover crops.
Director of UC Cooperative Extension in Placer and Nevada counties,
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Fresno Bee ran a story on the front page this morning reporting that a scientific panel recommended that the California State Department of Pesticide Regulation reject a request by Tokyo-based Arysta LifeScience Corp. to approve the use of methyl iodide for pest control on California farms and in structures.
The eight-member Scientific Review Committee, chaired by UCLA environmental health sciencies professor John Froines, includes UC San Francisco medicine professor Paul Blanc, UC Berkeley public health professor Katharine Hammond and UC Berkeley environmental health sciences professor Tom McKone.
Methyl iodide was...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The touching story of Lacey Maddalena appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Saturday in a nicely written article by Chris Bowman about a collaborative project involving UC Cooperative Extension and the UC Davis Humanities Institute.
Passion for the Land is the digital storytelling project designed to help residents of Sierra Valley, a 200-square-mile Plumas County valley at the 5,000-foot elevation, communicate with policymakers, community leaders, and educators about the challenges of sustaining working landscapes, wildlife habitat, and the rural way of life. It is one of the projects that make up the