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Workgroup Information Small Farm
Summary	Research and extension addressing issues in production, marketing, regulatory compliance, and access to resources for small-scale, diversified, and limited-resource farmers in California.
Website:	https://sfp.ucanr.edu/

Workgroup Chair Information

Name	Aparna Gazula (Co-Chair)
Phone	408-282-3127
E-Mail	agazula@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Santa Clara County

Name	Margaret Lloyd (Co-Chair)
Phone	530-564-8642
E-Mail	mglloyd@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension

Membership List
AES Scientist
(info only) Altieri, Miguel		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Entomologist Professor	Agroecology, development of alternative agricultural systems and technology, biological pest control. Mail to: 129 Giannini Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112.
Reid, Michael		Department of Plant Sciences
	Cooperative Extension Specialist	Postharvest biology and technology of ornamentals, cut flowers, flowering plants, foliage plants. Physiology of flowering and flowering control, chilling injury, mode of action of ethylene and inhibition of ethylene responses.
CE Advisor
Aguiar, Jose		Riverside County, Indio Office
	Farm Advisor	Vegetable crops and small farms
Aram, Kamyar		Contra Costa County
	East Bay Specialty Crops Advisor
Bender, Gary		San Diego North County Office
	Farm Advisor-Emeritus	Subtropical horticulture, deciduous fruit trees, irrigation, water quality, pest management, root rot and pathology of avocados and citrus, avocado canopy management
Bolda, Mark		Santa Cruz County
	County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries	Strawberry and caneberry culture - horticulture, fertility, pest management practices, closed environment agriculture
Brittan, Kent		Sacramento County
	Emeritus Farm Advisor for Field Crops	Small grains, corn and biofuel crops
Cahn, Michael		Monterey County
	Farm Advisor, Irrigation and Water Resources	Irrigation & Water Resources
Canevari, Mick		San Joaquin County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Weed Control
Caprile - Emeritus, Janet		Contra Costa County
	Farm Advisor	Commercial fruit, nut, vine, vegetable, field, specialty crops
Dahlquist-Willard, Ruth		Fresno County
	Small Farms Advisor
de la Fuente, Maria		Monterey County
	County Director Monterey - Farm & Master Gardener Advisor Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties	Mushrooms, compost, specialty vegetables, nursery crops, plant pathology and soil microbiology. Urban Horticulture and Master Composter Program UCCE Santa Clara.
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
Elkins, Rachel		Lake County
	Pomology Farm Advisor in Lake and Mendocino Counties and Master Gardener Advisor in Lake County - Emeritus
Faber, Ben		Ventura County
	Advisor	Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Fake, Cindy		Placer-Nevada Counties
	Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor, Placer and Nevada Counties	Commercial Horticultural Production
Gaskell, Mark		San Luis Obispo County
	Emeritus - Farm Advisor	Specialty crops, small fruit crops, vegetables, sustainable agriculture, small farms in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Gazula, Aparna		Santa Clara County
	Small Farm Advisor	Vegetable Production, Nutrient Management, Small Farms
George, Holly		Plumas Sierra
	Livestock & Natural Resource- Emeritus	Livestock, Multiple Use of Natural Resources & Community Development
Harper, John		Mendocino County
	County Director Mendocino & Lake/Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor	Sheep & goat production, range cattle production, rangeland, watershed, water quality, computer applications.
(info only) Hartin, Janet		San Bernardino County
	Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor	Environmental horticulture, arboriculture, irrigation needs of landscape plants
Ingram, Roger		Placer-Nevada Counties
	Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, Emeritus	Grazing management, fencing, nutrition, economics, livestock, range, land use, low-stress livestock handling, California Grazing Academy
Jimenez, Manuel		Tulare County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Small farms, vegetable crops, integrated pest management
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
Marcum, Daniel		Shasta-Lassen Office
	Farm Advisor - Emeritus	Irrigation, plant nutrition, salinity, entomology, sustainable agriculture, agronomy, vegetable crops, engineering, plant pathology, integrated pest management, systems management, economics, weed control, nematology, strawberry nursery production, garlic, wild rice, alfalfa, timothy, sugarbeet, pasture, range, biodiversity, peppermint, viticulture
McGourty, Glenn		Mendocino County
	Viticulture & Plant Science Advisor - Emeritus	Plant science--all horticultural crops including wine grapes, vegetables; viticulture; nursery and floriculture (ornamentals); landscape; also sustainable agriculture and weed science
Mickler, Jan		Stanislaus County
	Farm Advisor	Vegetable Crops
Miyao, Gene		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Emeritus Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops	Processing tomato production.
Molinar, Richard		Small Farm Program
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Small farms, vegetable crops, organic farming, insect/weed management, specialty crops, sugar peas, strawberries, eggplant, squash, Asian vegetables such as basil, lemongrass, green beans, long beans, gailon, bittermelons, refugee farmers, Hmong, Lao, fluent in Spanish
Moratorio, Mario		Solano County
	Emeritus Small Farm Urban Horticulture Advisor	Small farms, grapes, urban horticulture and Master Gardener programs in Solano and Yolo.
Murray, Mike		Glenn County
	"County Director, Farm Advisor, Emeritus"	Vegetable crops, community development
Retired - Baameur, Aziz		Small Farm Program
	Retired Emeritus, Farm Advisor	Small Farms, cultivar evaluation, nutrient management, irrigation, specialty crops, vegetables, Asian vegetables, Small Farms
Retired - Coates, William		Santa Clara County
	Farm Advisor Emeritus (retired) - Pomology (San Benito, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey Counties)	Pomology - Tree Fruit and Nut Crops
Rilla, Ellie		Marin County
	Advisor Emeritus	Public policy education, natural resource issues, community development
Rios, Sonia		Riverside County
	Area Subtropical Horticulture Advisor
Robb, Karen		Mariposa County
	Farm Advisor County Director	Horticulture, Entomology and Integrated Pest Management, Ag/Urban Issues
Schmierer, Jerry		Colusa County
	Farm Advisor Emeritus	Plant science, alfalfa, wheat,dry beans, corn, barley, and oil seed crops with speciality in precision agriculture and weed management.
(info only) Smith, Richard		Monterey County
	Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science	Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science
Stoddard, C. Scott		Merced County
	County Director and Farm Advisor Vegetable Crops and Soils	Soil fertility and soil conservation, tomatoes, melons, sweetpotatoes, weed management
Takele, Etaferahu		Riverside County
	Area Advisor Farm Management/Agricultural Economics	Area Advisor - Farm Management /Agricultural Economics - Production economics, decision-making at the farm level, integrated input management, risk managementSubtropical Fruit Crops (Citrus, Avocados) Vegetable crops, Field CropsRiverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Imperial, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Los Angles, Orange and Ventura.
Tourte, Laura		Santa Cruz County
	Farm Management Advisor - Emeritus
Vossen, Paul		Sonoma County
	Farm Advisor - Emeritus (Sonoma & Marin Counties) Fruits / Vegetables / Marketing	Tree fruits and nuts, vegetable crops, small farm specialty crops; marketing, Master Gardener Program, organic - sustainable production, olive oil, chestnuts, apples
Wilen, Cheryl		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor - Emeritus	Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for ornamental plant production and maintenance including nurseries, greenhouses, field production, floriculture, turf and landscape, pesticide reduction and alternatives. Research specialty in weed management, snails & slugs.
CE Specialist
Busch, Roselle		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist	Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production
Cantwell, Marita		Department of Plant Sciences
	CE Vegetable Specialist	Postharvest physiology, handling, and storage of vegetables, including specialty and fresh cut vegetables.
Conte, Fred		Animal Science
	CE Specialist	Fresh water and marine aquaculture production and related public policy and regulatory issues. Computer Software, shellfish sanitation and aquatic animal welfare
(info only) Cook, Roberta		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Food distribution, Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, International Competition and Trade, Mexican Horticultural Industry, Food safety
Ernst, Ralph		Animal Science
	CE Specialist Emeritus	Environmental physiology and nutrition of commercial poultry.
Hardesty, Shermain		Small Farm Program
	Small Farm Program Extension Economist	food systems, small farms, marketing, organics, sustainable agriculture
Jackson, Louise		Land, Air & Water Resources
	Emerita Professor CE Specialist Plant Physiologist	Plant and soil nitrogen dynamics; organic and conventional vegetable production; grassland restoration ecology; agrobiodiversity
Jolly, Desmond		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Former director Specialist in Cooperative Extension Small Farm Program	Marketing, agricultural sustainability, economics of food safety, consumption economics and public policy, international agricultural development; Director of Small Farm Program
Lanini, W		Weed Science Program
	CE Weed Ecologist	Ecology, weed crop competition, weed biology and low-input agriculture
Mauk, Peggy		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Director of Agricultural Operations/Subtropical Horticulture CE Specialist	Citrus, avocados, and dates, crop production management, fiscal and personnel management
Mcgiffen Jr., Milton		Botany & Plant Sciences
	CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist	Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide
Merhaut, Donald		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Extension Specialist for Nursery and Floriculture Crops	Plant Nutrition, Woody Ornamentals, Floriculture, Blueberry Production
Muramoto, Joji		UC Santa Cruz - Cooperative Extension Specialist
	CE Specialist	Organic Production
Mussen, Eric		Entomology (UCD)
	CE Apiculturist	Apiculture, managing honey bees and wild bees for maximum field production, while minimizing pesticide damage to pollinator population
Pettygrove, G.		Land, Air & Water Resources
	CE Soils Specialist Emeritus	Soil fertility; land application of wastes and wastewater; dairy manure; winegrape nutrition; precision agriculture.
Pires, Alda		Population Health & Reproduction
	Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension & Associate Agronomist in AES	Urban Agriculture and Food Safety, Veterinary Epidemiology,
Rosenberg, Howard		Agricultural & Resource Economics & Policy
	CE Specialist Emeritus	Labor management and related policy issues in agriculture
Suslow, Trevor		Department of Plant Sciences
	Extension Research Specialist	Preharvest to Postharvest Microbial food safety systems,postharvest transportation, Postharvest pathology
Temple, Steven		Department of Plant Sciences
	WOS CE Specialist III & Lecturer	Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, legume cover crops, sustainable farming systems; fluent in Spanish.
Westerdahl, Becky		Nematology CAES
	CE Specialistáá Professor	Applied nematology, integrated pest management
Other ANR
Bailey, John		Hopland Research & Extension Center
	Director	Sustainable enterprise, ecological horticulture, business planning
Callahan, Rachael		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Statewide Agritourism Coordinator	Agritourism
Feng, Xuewen		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program

Fujimoto, Isao		Human & Community Development
	Emeritus Senior Lecturer SOE	Strategies for community empowerment, rural revitalization, celebrations and symbols for building community solidarity, sustainable agriculture and appropriate technology, San Joaquin Valley, Third World, Pacific Rim, Japan
(info only) Gonzalez, Refugio		Imperial County
	Emeritus Regional Director
Hernandez, Paulina		Santa Clara County
		Community Education Specialist II Small Farms Program Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito County
Kue, Pang		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Small Farms Community Educator	Hmong
(info only) Lancaster, Donald		Modoc County
		Range and forage crops and natural resources
Leff, Penny		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Agritourism Coordinator/Public Education Specialist	Agritourism support
Liesch, Darlene		Kern County
	County Director Emeritus	Youth development
Malkin, Richard
	Professor Emeritus	Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes
Nader, Glenn		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	Farm Advisor Livestock and Natural Resources, Emeritus	Livestock, forage crops, range and natural resources
Sanchez, Yurytzy		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Community Educator Specialist 2	Small Farms
Singh, Hardeep		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Local Food Systems Advisor
Thaoxaochay, C. Lilian		Fresno County
	Small Farms Community Educator
Trotter, Vince		Marin County
	Sustainable Ag Coordinator & Agricultural Ombudsman
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Vieira, Linda		Small Farm Program
	Administrative Specialist	Office manager, budget, personnel
Non-UC
caff.org, paul
	Executive Director
Garcia, Miguel		Napa County Resource Conservation District
	Sustainable Agriculture Program Manager
Hendricks, Lonnie		UCCE, Merced County
	Farm Advisor	Pomology
Jimenez, L		Sierra Gold Nurseries
	Human Resources Director
Malkin, Richard
	Professor Emeritus	Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes
Roberts, Bruce
	J.G. Boswell Chair of Agronomy
Membership Totals
Number of Members		89
ANR Members		83
Non-ANR		6
Info Only		6