- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Birmingham, Ala.,-based magazine The Progressive Farmer ran a cover story in its March issue that explored the relevancy of the United State's Extension program nearly 100 years since its inception. The article is available on the magazine's website to subscribers only; a two-week trial subscription is free.
The article noted that Extension was formed in 1914 to channel the scientific knowledge of U.S. land-grant universities to American farmers. But since then, American...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged the contribution of UC research in combating world hunger in a speech yesterday honoring the winners of the 2010 World Food Prize.
The president of Bread for the World, David Beckmann, and president of Heifer International, Jo Luck, were honored by the State Department for expanding their grassroots organizations and bringing help to the world's hungry.
Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization that presses lawmakers to support anti-hunger policies. Heifer International brings food and income producing animals to extremely poor families around the globe.
In her presentation, titled...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
What can farmers, whose ancestors have worked the land and handed down agricultural information for thousands of years, learn from experts in a locale settled by farmers just a 150 years ago? And how could Egyptians, who only have a small ribbon of land suitable for farming and suffer more serious water shortages than Californians, even consider a crop that grows...