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UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria Allie Igwe, advised by community ecologist and assistant professor Rachel Vannette of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has received a prestigious $138,000 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on soil microbial communiti...

The statewide office is thrilled to introduce two new Program Coordinators that started with the UC Master Gardener Program in Spring 2020. Please join us in giving them a warm welcome! Sherida Phibbs Humboldt and Del Norte Counties sjphibbs@ucanr.

Sponsored by UC ANR and Academic Assembly Council, the Distinguished Service Awards (DSA) recognize service and academic excellence in UC Cooperative Extension over a significant period of time.

When Glenn McGourty joined UC Cooperative Extension as a plant science advisor in Mendocino County in 1987, he was one of the first farm advisors in the state to have support for organic and sustainable farmers written into his job description.

Rachel Elkins, UC Cooperative Extension pomology farm advisor for Lake and Mendocino counties, plans to retire from UC July 1 after 36 years, 33 years in her current position.

Jose Aguiar Rachel Elkins Beth Grafton-Cardwell Allan Fulton Kurt Hembree Anna Martin Glenn McGourty John Roncoroni Rhonda Smith Cheryl Wilen From farm worker to farm advisor - A life of fulfillment Jose Aguiar, who has been working as a vegetable crops small farm advisor for the University of Calif...

Reposted from the UCANR News 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.

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.

Here is a summary of some of the work our office is doing during shelter in place.

by Penny Pawl, U.C. Master Gardener of Napa County I recently discovered bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) and could not resist.I admit I am a plant collector but that is another story. The bunchberry is a ground-hugging member of the dogwood family.