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  • Keese and PVP 4-H club members backpacking through Sparkplug Mine in Inyo County.
    4-H volunteer of 48 years is more motivated than ever

    Apr 19, 2023

    • 4-H
    • Family
    • Health
  • UC Master Gardeners of Orange County, Monica Mehren Thompson and Robbie Prepas (middle), pose with Glennwood residents during their first Friday preparing lunch. All photos by Saoimanu Sope.
    Master Gardeners create garden-to-table experience for adults with disabilities

    Mar 17, 2023

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
    • Yard & Garden
  • Stacey Amparano helps her young volunteer shuck an ear of corn.
    Farm Smart program instills appreciation for ag in Imperial Valley youth

    Feb 22, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Family
  • Opportunities to learn, such as this Wildfire Preparedness Exposition event hosted by the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council, are integral to the Regional Wildfire Mitigation Program. Photo by Anne-Marie Parkinson
    Study: Regional approach to wildfire more comprehensive, equitable

    May 26, 2022

    • Environment
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    New publication helps youth evaluate post-high school ‘pathways’

    Jan 20, 2022

    • Family
    • Health
  • UC ANR is hiring 15 new UC Cooperative Extension advisors and one specialist to study woody biomass, food systems, agricultural technology and other rural issues.
    To jump-start local economies, UC ANR partners with California Stewardship Network

    Nov 10, 2021

    • Economic Development
  • To help farmers establish connections with restaurants and produce sellers, Catherine Brinkley, director of UC Davis Center for Regional Change, has created online resources for markets and farmers to identify opportunities to build relationships. Shoppers browse a farmers market in Oakland in 2017.
    To connect more farmers with buyers, UC publishes community food guides

    Sep 29, 2021

    • Food
  • Volunteers plant vegetables in a community garden to encourage low-income families to eat more vegetables.
    UCCE building oasis of health in ethnic urban communities

    Mar 15, 2021

    • Environment
    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
    • Yard & Garden
  • Teachers practiced delivering lessons from the FireWorks Oak Woodlands curriculum at a training held before the coronavirus pandemic.
    To prepare Californians for wildfire in oak woodlands, UC ANR offers teachers training

    Jun 11, 2020

    • Environment
    • Family
    • Health
    • Natural Resources
  • Sue Manglallan
    Sue Manglallan retires after 30 years of serving youth and families in San Diego County

    Dec 26, 2018

    • 4-H
  • Rachel Surls (Click image to download high-resolution version.)
    UCCE advisor Rachel Surls receives 2018 Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award

    Mar 20, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Health
  • Representatives from North, Central and South America met in Florida for the 8th Americas Competitiveness Exchange on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in December 2017.
    UC ANR to host exchange in Northern California promoting business partnerships across the Americas

    Mar 13, 2018

    • Innovation
  • Different edible parts of plants are on display (roots, stems, flowers, leaves and seeds) for students to have hands-on learning in the garden. (Photo: UC Master Gardener Program Marin County)
    Dig it, Grow it, Eat it: School gardens support learning and healthier food choices

    Jan 17, 2018

    • Yard & Garden
  • The La Mesa Verde program in San Jose helps low-income families to establish their own vegetable gardens
    Community and home gardens improve San Jose residents’ food security

    May 31, 2016

  • UC Riverside student volunteers, recruited by Global Food Intiative Fellow Claudia Villegas, set up new garden beds at the Community Settlement Association.
    UC Cooperative Extension takes community gardening to a new level in Riverside

    Apr 8, 2016

  • Lucas Frerichs, left, talks with Scott Oneto, UC Cooperative Extension director in the Central Sierra region.
    Frerichs to oversee UC ANR government affairs and community relations

    Feb 18, 2016

  • A fire-adapted community  is a community that can survive a wildfire with little or no assistance from firefighters.
    Becoming a fire-adapted community

    Apr 10, 2015

  • A Santa Clara County resident works in a community garden.
    Gardens contribute vegetables, ease hunger among San Jose residents

    Dec 4, 2014

  • Jerry Ligsay grows 14 varieties of tomatoes in a community garden in San Jose. A UC study shows vegetables can be grown in community gardens at a lower cost than buying from a store.
    Community gardens help stretch food dollars

    Jul 17, 2014

  • A typical selection of vegetables in a weekly CSA box.
    Subscribing to vegetables adds diversity to the menu

    Nov 22, 2013

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