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UC ANR colleagues smile for a group photo during a regional academics meeting

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Program Council tours Merced County programs

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC ANR’s Program Council toured Merced County on June 3-4, visiting the UC Cooperative Extension office and UC Merced to gain a better understanding of UCCE programs and projects and network with UCCE colleagues from Merced, Madera, Mariposa and Stanislaus counties. They also met with UC ANR partners at…
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Names in the News

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Greenfield joins UC ANR as digital content strategist Erin Greenfield joined UC ANR’s Strategic Communications team on June 9 as digital content strategist. In this new role, she’ll work closely with colleagues in Information Technology and across the organization to help elevate UC ANR’s web presence…
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4-H advisor Bird retires after 27 years of inspiring Sacramento County youth

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 As a child, Marianne Bird loved going to camp. As a 4-H youth development advisor for University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, she parlayed that love of camp into a career educating Sacramento County youth about science, the environment, water issues and cooking through a variety of…
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Help create a cultural atlas of California’s agriculture

June 29, 2025
To pay tribute to our agricultural ancestors, Jim Grieshop, emeritus UC Cooperative Extension specialist; Vikram Koundinya, associate CE specialist and associate professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Human Ecology at UC Davis; and Stella Dickson, international agricultural development…
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