How We Support the Imperial County Community
As an extension office, we serve as a bridge between local issues and the power of UC research. Our county-based staff is part of the community and endeavors to deliver high quality research and educational programs that contribute to safe, healthy, accessible food, sustainable environment and improved local economy of the Imperial county, the state, nation and the globe. Our many educational delivery tools include meetings, conferences, workshops, demonstrations, field days, video programs, newsletters and manuals and attempt to reach as many clienteles as possible. We produce the AgBrief newsletter on a monthly bases containing articles providing information and findings on local issues and publish field and vegetable crop guidelines, encompassing various crop production practices and costs of production.
We have professional advisors in Entomology, Agronomy/Sustainable Agriculture, Irrigation/Water Management, Nutrition, Family and Consumer Science, Vegetable Crops and 4-H/Youth. We are on a process of filling the positions of Weed Science, Plant Pathology and Food Safety and organic production as early as possible. You may click on different Programs on the bar to the left hand side of this page and view each program and the advisors associated with each program. If we can be of any help to you, please feel free to contact us.
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What is UC Cooperative Extension?
Across California, the University of California’s 64 Cooperative Extension offices are local problem-solving centers. We are the bridge between local issues and the power of UC research. Our county-based staff is part of the community – we live and work in the areas we serve.
More than 300 campus-based specialists and county-based farm, home and youth advisors work as teams to bring practical, unbiased, science-based answers to problems across California.
As part of the agricultural community, we help farmers develop more-efficient growing methods, solve pest management problems and develop crops and irrigation methods that use less water.
As stewards of the land, we help develop smart water-use strategies, develop wildfire education and help preserve natural areas and farmland.
As advocates for healthy communities, we promote healthy diets and exercise for better health, help Californians learn to choose the most nutritious foods and help shape the citizens of tomorrow through the 4-H Youth Development Program.
And thousands of volunteers extend the reach of our work through the Master Gardener Program and the California 4-H Youth Development Program.
We work in full partnership with federal, state, county and private resources.
We are stewards, problem-solvers, catalysts, collaborators and educators.
We are UC Cooperative Extension.