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EcoFarm brought together farmers, researchers, and community leaders to explore sustainable agriculture and equity in the food system.

Winter is the season to analyze data. If you'd like to freshen up your data analysis skills, or learn a new tool, check out these upcoming training opportunities from the Informatics and GIS Statewide Program and UC Love Data Week.

USDA NIFA has released the AFRI Education and Workforce Development funding opportunity aimed at addressing projected workforce shortages across the agricultural, food, forestry, rangeland, and energy resources sectors. This opportunity supports education and training initiatives designed to strengthen the…

Darren Haver will serve in the role of interim Associate Vice President for Research and Cooperative Extension.

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on Anatomical Donation Programs and Anatomical Materials. The policy is proposed to be revised and includes the following key issues: Specifying California State Universities and Community Colleges in…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the Environmental Education Grant Program, which supports locally and regionally focused environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and build environmental knowledge among students, educators, and community members. This…

Dear UC ANR Colleagues,I have important news to share regarding a change to our executive leadership team. Associate Vice President Brent Hales will be stepping away from his role at UC ANR, effective today, to pursue other professional opportunities. We are grateful for the contributions he has…

By Robyn Schelenz The University of California has always focused on bringing the fruits of its scientific research out of the lab and into the real world, but rarely has it had better ambassadors for its efforts than those in 4-H, the UC-administered youth development program known by its iconic four…

ANR Colleagues,Please join a special two-hour digital accessibility training via Zoom, 2-4 p.m. on Jan. 15, with guest speaker Sharon Goldrup, corporate accessibility trainer and curriculum design manager for Deque Systems. As we previously announced, all University of California…

 As 2025 comes to a close, I want to thank each and every one of you for everything that you do for our communities all across California.You are the reason we are able to share the latest science and develop the partnerships and programs that help solve many of our most pressing challenges – in…

Yu Meng offers tips for reducing food waste from holiday feasts.

 As of 11:59 p.m. on GivingTuesday 2025, UC ANR’s generous donors contributed over $142,000 to Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes, and research centers that make up the UC ANR network. That included more than $33,000 to support California 4-H youth.This was…

The UCCE San Diego team decorated gingerbread houses with UC ANR themes as a team-building exercise.

Farm Smart personnel, UCCE advisors, CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE educators and UC Master Gardeners are partnering on a CDFA Farm to School project to foster students’ knowledge in food, nutrition and agriculture.

UC ANR colleagues won awards, participated in events and celebrated together.

 More than 200 farmers, technologists, researchers, students and partners gathered at Lindcove Research and Extension Center on Dec. 5 for the fourth and final VINE Connect Field Day of 2025.The event marked a milestone: one year since the program launched, with attendance more than doubling since the…

Five new AES faculty joined the founding nine AES faculty at UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz campuses: Joshua Garcia, Andrea Joyce, Crystal Kolden, Madeleine Fairbairn and Pallab Sarker.

A webinar on using artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics in Cooperative Extension work is now available on YouTube.

Anderson Safre joined UC ANR on Dec. 1 as a UC Cooperative Extension specialist and Lydia Tymon joined UC ANR on Oct. 1 as the new UCCE environmental horticulture advisor serving San Bernardino and Riverside counties.