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Local High School Students Visit South Coast REC

  • May 14, 2019
  • By Tamara J Majcherek
Learning about careers related to K-9 Training
A group of people gathered outdoors on a grassy area, with some holding leashes and interacting with a large, seated dog during a social or training event.  

Hosted by UC ANR South Coast REC, Cooperative Extension, and the Orange County Farm Bureau, programs that provide agricultural education to an increasingly urban population, local high school students participated in workshops at the South Coast REC that were designed to acquaint the students with ag research techniques, careers in agriculture, and the importance of urban ag and water conservation in their daily lives.

UCCE Master Gardener volunteers assisted UC staff rotating the Students and teachers between workshops focusing on K-9 training and related careers; crop rotation strategies and hands on potato harvest, vertebrate pest management and gopher trapping demonstration; in addition to plant pathology and strawberry research. 

Harvesting berries
Several people working together in a field or garden, tending to rows of crops or plants, with a backdrop of trees and open land.

The students especially liked the opportunity to take home bags of the strawberries and potatoes they harvested.

Lunch
A crowd of people standing around tables with food or supplies outdoors, participating in a community event or distribution, with a building and American flag in the background.

Following the morning of interactive activities, a barbeque lunch was prepared by staff, UCCE Master Food Preserver and Master Gardener volunteers. 

 
 

 

Source URL: https://ucanr.edu/blog/uc-anr-south-coast-rec-field-events-workshops-and-extension/article/local-high-school-students