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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
	East Bay Specialty Crops Advisor
Bennaton, Rob		Alameda County
	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
Downer, A. James		Ventura County
	Environmental Horticulture/Plant Pathology Advisor	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
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
Surls, Rachel		Los Angeles County
	Sustainable Food Systems Advisor	urban agriculture, urban gardening, food systems
Van Soelen Kim, 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
Pires, Alda		Population Health & Reproduction
	Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension & Associate Agronomist in AES	Urban Agriculture and Food Safety, Veterinary Epidemiology,
Okello, Emmanuel		Population Health & Reproduction
	Assistant Specialist in CE	Antimicrobial Stewardship
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)
	Community Education Specialist/Statewide Agritourism Coordinator	Agritourism
Feenstra, Gail		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Director, SAREP; Academic Coordinator, Food & Society	Sustainable agriculture, local and regional food systems, regional marketing, farmers markets, farm to school programs, nutrition, food system assessments/ indicators, food security, program evaluation
Kooyumjian, Dawn		Contra Costa County
	Coordinator -UC Master Gardener Program of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Spiropoulos, Thais		San Bernardino County

Windbiel-Rojas, Karey		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/ Area IPM Advisor	Integrated Pest Management
Membership Totals
Number of Members		19
ANR Members		19
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0