ANR Employee News

The topic of addressing food access through community and school gardens has never been more relevant than in today's COVID and post-COVID environment, said Kamal Khaira, director of the CalFresh Healthy Living, UC program, at the November ANR town hall.

Academic Assembly Council is accepting requests for reimbursement for travel to professional society meetings being held Jan. 1 through June 30, 2022. Deadline for online submission: Friday, Dec. 10 at 5:00 p.m. (Submissions will be accepted electronically only. No exceptions.

The 2022/23 SAREP Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Small Grants Program is accepting applications until 12 noon PST, Feb. 15, 2022.

The UC President's Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources met with UC President Michael Drake via Zoom Oct. 19 to discuss resource planning, recruitment and regenerative agriculture. They began the meeting by honoring Jean-Mari Peltier, the past PAC chair, who passed away Sept. 24.

The results of the 2021 ANR@Work Survey are in and we're seeing more satisfaction in our work environment, reported Tina Jordan, academic human resources manager. At the Oct. 21 ANR town hall, Jordan presented the following highlights from the survey, which was conducted March 16 April 9, 2021.