ANR Employee News

In honor of Healthy Soils Week (Dec. 2-6), the California Department of Food and Agriculture joined legislators, their staff members and stakeholders for a tour of farms in Yolo County to see greenhouse gas-reducing healthy soil practices in action.

Talbot named publications and production supervisor Jeffrey Talbot joined UC ANR Publications on Nov. 4 as the publications and production supervisor. He will be contributing production management for UC ANR publications including California Agriculture and journals and manuals.

As Congress negotiated the Farm Bill, Vice President Glenda Humiston recently visited Washington, D.C. to meet with California congressional members and their staff to discuss agricultural research and Cooperative Extension programs.

4-H Horticulture team finishes first in NJHA contest Michael Rethwisch, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor for Riverside County coached the California 4-H Horticulture team to first place at the 2024 National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA) contest in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The 4-H Youth Development Program in Santa Barbara County believes that true leaders are not born, they're grown.