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Intensive farms in California provide vegetables to the nation in the summer and winter. (Photo: Pixabay.com)

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UC ANR to work with farmers to apply artificial intelligence technologies in the field

June 24th, 2020

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources will receive $865,000 to help farmers in the Colorado River basin and the Salinas Valley integrate digital tools and artificial intelligence into their growing systems.

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Fjordland National Park in New Zealand. Some protected area networks, such as in New Zealand, are projected to capture more of the current climate than others in the future as climate warms. Photo by Paul Elsen

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Protected areas needed across climates to safeguard biodiversity

June 17th, 2020

Around the world, countries have established protected areas as the primary defense to reduce widespread biodiversity loss and guard vulnerable habitats.

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Imperial County farmer Ronnie Leimgruber said, “Being awarded this grant will allow me to apply more compost than I normally would.” Photo courtesy of CDFA

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Imperial Valley farmers bring home over $1 million in CDFA Healthy Soil grants

June 12th, 2020

By Kristian M Salgado-Jacobo

We would like to congratulate the 13 Imperial County farmers who received a total of $1,073,697.97 from CDFA's Healthy Soil Incentive Program.

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Teachers practice delivering lessons from the FireWorks Oak Woodlands curriculum.

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To prepare Californians for wildfire in oak woodlands, UC ANR offers teachers training

June 11th, 2020

By Hannah M Bird

California's most destructive wildfire year on record was 2018, with devastating fires occurring in Northern California oak woodlands. From 2015 to 2017, six of California's 20 most deadly and destructive fires in history occurred in these areas.

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Deanne Meyer, UC Cooperative Extension livestock waste management specialist, is this year's recipient of the Eric Bradford & Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award.

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Meyer receives Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award

June 8th, 2020

Deanne Meyer, UC Cooperative Extension livestock waste management specialist, is this year's recipient of the Eric Bradford & Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award, given by the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI) at UC Davis.

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