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Workgroup Information Urban Agriculture
Summary	The UC ANR Urban Agriculture Workgroup develops resources, training, and materials for the specific needs of California’s urban farmers, and conducts applied research to address their needs.
Website:	https://ucanr.edu/sites/UrbanAg/
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Jennifer Sowerwine (Chair)
Phone
E-Mail	jsowerwi@berkeley.edu
Unit:	Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
Name	Lucy Diekmann (Co-Chair)
Phone	408-282-3104
E-Mail	lodiekmann@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Santa Clara County

Membership List
CE Advisor
Aram, Kamyar		Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension
	Specialty Crops Advisor
Bennaton, Rob		Master Food Preservers
	Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor	Small Scale Food Production and Soil Quality/Resource Management ; Food and Land Access and Security
Blakey, Dustin		Inyo-Mono Counties
	County Director / Farm Advisor
Diekmann, Lucy		Santa Clara County
	Urban Agriculture/Food Systems Advisor, Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties
Doan, Hung		Riverside County
	Small Farms and Specialty Crops Advisor	Vegetable Production, Nutrient Management, Small Farms, Vegetable and field crop pathology,Fruit and tree nuts pathology
Downer, Arthur		Ventura County
	Environmental Horticulture/Plant Pathology Advisor Emeritus	Pathology of landscape ornamentals , Phytophthora Root Rot, Mulches, Potting soils, Palm horticulture, climate ready trees, arboriculture, Master Gardener Advisor.
Gazula, Aparna		Santa Clara County
	Small Farm Advisor	Vegetable Production, Nutrient Management, Small Farms
Hartin, Janet		Los Angeles County
	Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor	Environmental horticulture, urban greening, climate-ready trees, "Trees for Tomorrow" arboriculture, irrigation needs of landscape plants
Henry, Olivia		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Regional Food Systems Area Advisor	Food Systems, Community Development, Cooperative Development, Distribution, Processing, Marketing
Lloyd, Margaret		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Small Farms Advisor	Organic
Lobo, Ramiro		San Diego County
	Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor	Farm management, marketing, agricultural economics, agricultural tourism, small farms, new/specialty crops
Mukherjee, Amrita		San Bernardino County
	Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisor	Urban Farms and food system, Organic Vegetable Production, Nutrient Management, Small Farms, Control Environment Agriculture
Surls, Rachel		Los Angeles County
	Sustainable Food Systems Advisor Emerita	urban agriculture, urban gardening, food systems
Sutherland, Andrew		Alameda County Cooperative Extension
	Urban IPM Advisor	urban (household & structural) IPM of insects and other arthropods
Van Soelen, Julia		Marin County
	North Bay Food Systems Advisor
CE Specialist
Busch, Roselle		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist	Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production
Getz, Christy		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist in Agriculture and Food Systems	Political economy and governance of food and agriculture systems; farm labor movements; social certification; food safety; cannabis; organic agriculture; farmworker health and wellbeing
Gross, Jackson		Animal Science
	Cooperative Extension Specialist
Okello, Emmanuel		Population Health & Reproduction
	Assistant Specialist in CE	Antimicrobial Stewardship
Pires, Alda		Population Health & Reproduction
	Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension & Associate Agronomist in AES	Urban Agriculture and Food Safety, Veterinary Epidemiology,
Sowerwine, Jennifer		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Associate Specialist	Metropolitan agriculture, sustainable food systems, agroecology, food security, food sovereignty.
Other ANR
Callahan, Rachael		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Statewide Agritourism Coordinator	Agritourism
Contreras, Julio		San Mateo-San Francisco Counties
	4-H Water Wizards Program & Phoenix Garden Coordinator	Agroecology, Urban Ag, Beekeeping
Feenstra, Gail		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Emeritus, SAREP; Sustainable Food Systems	Sustainable agriculture, local and regional food systems, regional marketing, farmers markets, farm to school programs, nutrition, food system assessments/ indicators, food security, program evaluation, values-based supply chains, food policy councils
Hathorn, Karina		Butte County
	Program Coordinator UC Master Gardeners of Butte County & CalFresh Healthy Living, UC Community Education Specialist
Kanter, Jessica		Fresno-Madera Cooperative Extension
	ACADEMIC COORDINATOR
Kooyumjian, Dawn		Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension
	Coordinator -UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County
Salgado-Jacobo, Kristian
	Regional Operations Specialist	Region 2: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo/San Francisco, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo/ Mono, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz/ Monterey, Tulare/ Kings, and Ventura counties
Spiropoulos, Thais
Windbiel, Karey		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/ Area Urban IPM Advisor	Integrated Pest Management
Membership Totals
Number of Members		30
ANR Members		30
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0