On December 8th, 2020, Dr. Mary Blackburn Was Acknowledged by the Alameda Board of Supervisors, For Her Contribution to Residents Click here to view Dr. Mary Blackburn's Resolution Dr. Blackburn has served the Bay Area community for over 50 years.
On Dec. 1, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, UC ANR will join in #GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement, to ask the public to support our programs. Please share ANR's donation link ucanr.edu/givingtuesday with your social network. Gifts made online starting at 12:01 a.m. on Dec.
In February of 2020, IGIS welcomed a new student worker to the IGIS team. Hannah Lopez, an undergraduate at UC Berkeley majoring in Forestry and GIS, joined IGIS during the final semester of her senior year.
California's craft brewing industry is continuing to expand its market presence in the state. However, only a small percentage of malting barley used in California is grown within its borders. The primary bottleneck in the supply is the lack of malting facilities.
In Riverside County, 65 cooks have been approved by the county Environmental Health Department to cook and sell meals to their neighbors from their home kitchens.
I don't think serendipity is actually the right word for this situation, but let's just go with serendipity, because right when I needed it, I found a lovely, historic, COVID-friendly stroll that assisted me in learning some botanical and common names of several trees.
Mary Blackburn, University of California Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor for Alameda County, has received the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Hall of Fame award.
Vollmer named UCCE nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor Laura Vollmer joined UC Cooperative Extension in San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties on Sept. 8, 2020, as a nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor.
