Keeping Our Environment Healthy
Keeping Our Environment Healthy Blog
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UC ANR to work with farmers to apply artificial intelligence technologies in the field
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources will receive $865,000 to help farmers in the Colorado River basin and the Salinas Valley integrate digital tools and artificial intelligence into their growing systems. The funds are part of a $10 million Sustainable...
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Protected areas needed across climates to safeguard biodiversity
Around the world, countries have established protected areas as the primary defense to reduce widespread biodiversity loss and guard vulnerable habitats. However, species and ecosystems are adapted to particular climates—as those climates...
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Imperial Valley farmers bring home over $1 million in CDFA Healthy Soil grants
We would like to congratulate the 13 Imperial County farmers who received a total of $1,073,697.97 from CDFA's Healthy Soil Incentive Program. California Department Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has been providing financial initiatives to California...
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To prepare Californians for wildfire in oak woodlands, UC ANR offers teachers training
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. The...
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Meyer receives Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
Deanne Meyer, UC Cooperative Extension livestock waste management specialist, is this year's recipient of the Eric Bradford & Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award, given by the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI) at...