The UC Thelma Hansen Fund presents the webinar series Local Food: Shortening the Supply Chain and Reducing Food Waste April 26-28, 4-5:30 PM each day.
Anyone interested in learning about the status, trends, and sustainability of our food supply chain should plan on attending.
Reserve your space now and see the full agenda. Key speakers include: Dr. David Zilberman of UC Berkley; Farmivore Co-Owner Max Beecher; Vanessa Zajfen with Ocean View Elementary School District; Dr. Ned Spang of UC Davis; Monica White, CEO of FoodShare; and Dr. Gail Feenstra of UC SAREP - just to name a few.
UCCE staff is curating wildflower specimens collected by the Channel Islands Chapter-California Native Plant Society and creating plant labels with the botanical, common, and family names of the plants. Master Gardeners will give native plant garden tours at the venue: Museum of Ventura County-Agriculture Museum.
Ventura County 4-H Representative - Manages the 4-H program for Ventura County, providing programmatic leadership, volunteer training, administration, and more for this growing youth program.
The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023. " It contains transformational investments that will help rural communities build resilience to the climate crisis, increase landscape resiliency to the impacts of climate change, create more and better markets for our hardworking producers, bolster access to healthy and affordable nutrition for families, help connect all Americans to high-speed, affordable, and reliable internet, strengthen USDA’s efforts to build equitable systems and programming, and position the United States to be a leader in Agricultural Research," according to Secretary Vilsack. Read more at USDA.gov
