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More young people see future in farming
The USDA is gearing up for the 2012 Census of Agriculture, the complete count it makes every five years of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The agricultural census provides a fascinating look at farming demographics: How old...
Nearby open space raises the value of homes
The closer homes are to open spaces – parks, stream and river corridors, forests and other natural lands – the higher the value of the homes in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. However, if homes are far from such open land, homebuyers tend to...
Plan, shop, save and cook
To meet the needs of today’s time-pressed consumers, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisors collected the most pertinent food budgeting and healthy eating concepts together in a new curriculum that can be presented...
Feed big; start small
Adapted from an article by Eileen Ecklund in Breakthroughs magazine.Scaling up — that’s always the sticking point with organic farming when it faces the question of whether it can feed the world’s hungry millions. But a group of UC Berkeley...
Orange County Programs
Water Quality Program
The Water Quality Program partners with a multitude of groups and agencies in order to accomplish the goal of improving water quality in urban Orange County.
Master Gardener
The trained volunteers of the UC Master Gardener program extend the ability of local Cooperative Extension offices to provide practical scientific horticulture and gardening information to the citizens of California.
Environmental Horticulture
Through applied research and educational programs, provides practical information on ornamental, vegetable and fruit tree culture.
EFNEP
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.
4-H Youth Development
Whether youth participate in clubs, after school programs, day camps, or in other program settings, the 4-H Youth Development Program's mission and goals remain the same... to help youth develop to their full potential!
Contact Information
Orange County
UC Cooperative Extension
1045 Arlington Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: (714) 708-1606
Fax: (714) 708-2754
e-mail: ceorange@ucdavis.edu
Director:
John N. Kabashima M.B.A., Ph.D.