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True to the mission of the land grant universities, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources connects the power of UC research in agriculture, natural resources, nutrition and youth development with local communities to improve the lives of all Californians.

For over 100 years, our advisors, specialists, faculty and staff have been committed to:

  • Connecting Californians to their University
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  • Inviting the participation of concerned stakeholders
  • Facilitating problem-solving and outreach to address the state's toughest challenges
UC Blogs
  • UC Davis third-year doctoral candidate Abigail
    Insect 'Infomercials' You Won't Want to MIss

    If you have some free time during the holidays--free time, what's that?--and you're interested in insects, you'll want to watch a series of UC Davis insect "infomercials." As a class assignment, 58 students in a UC Davis Department of Entomology and...

  • UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    Suds for a Bug, or a Pitcher of Beer for a Butterfly

    Suds for a bug? A bug for some suds? The annual “Beer for a Butterfly” contest, launched in 1972 by butterfly guru Art Shapiro, now a UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus, gets underway Jan. 1. The first person to find the first...

  • This is one of the bumble bees that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski studies: a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    Congrats to Danielle Rutkowski: Early Career Entomology Award

    We're delighted that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski, a UC Davis doctoral alumna and now a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Iowa State University, has just received a Royal Entomological Society Early Career Entomology...

  • EPA Updates Process for Developing Maps to Protect Endangered Species

    Press release from 12/19/24   EPA Updates Process for Developing Maps to Protect Endangered Species Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step to reduce potential impacts to farmers from implementing endangered...

  • Black-faced bumble bee, Bombus californicus, on Purple Ginny sage, Salvia coahuilensis. Both are natives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    Native Plants Part of Landscape of Gorman Museum of Native American Art

    "When the Gorman Museum of Native American Art relocated to a new space, campus partners and students worked to make the grounds nearby home to the types of plants traditionally used by Indigenous cultures, such as white sage, a food also used...

Calendar of Upcoming Events
Event Name Date
Lemons x 3 In Person Workshop 1/18/2025
2025 North San Joaquin Valley Almond Day 1/21/2025
Sourdough In Person Workshop 2/15/2025

San Joaquin County Cooperative Extension
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