[Entm-researchstaff] Fwd: Small Farms Community Educator Positions with UC Cooperative Extension in Southern California

[Rick Redak]

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From: Houston Wilson <houston.wilson at ucr.edu>
Date: Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Small Farms Community Educator Positions with UC Cooperative
Extension in Southern California
To: Ruth M Dahlquist-Willard <rdwillard at ucanr.edu>, Robin Doyle Testa <
robin.testa at ucr.edu>, Rick Redak <richard.redak at ucr.edu>


Hi Ruth,
I'm CC'ing Robin Testa and Rick Redak so they can circulate this further.

Houston

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:14 PM Ruth M Dahlquist-Willard <
rdwillard at ucanr.edu> wrote:

> Good afternoon UCR colleagues,
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> UC ANR is hiring 2 small farms Community Education Specialist III
> positions in Southern California, one in Riverside/San Bernardino and one
> in San Diego.
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> Please feel free to share widely with your networks where appropriate.
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> Also, do you know of anyone I could share this with in CNAS that could
> pass it on to an alumni list, like a department academic advisor or career
> services person?
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> Thanks,
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> Ruth
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> *New Small Farms Community Educator Positions Open in Riverside and San
> Diego Counties:*
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> The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR)
> is expanding extension services for small to medium scale family farms,
> diversified farming systems, and historically underserved farmers. This
> program will build on UC Cooperative Extension services currently offered
> by UC ANR Small Farms Advisors, assisting farmers through individual farm
> visits and technical assistance, training and educational materials offered
> in multiple languages, research on specialty crops and diversified farming
> systems, improving access to markets and financial assistance, and
> assisting farmers with regulatory compliance. Efforts will support unique,
> small-acreage crops such as subtropical fruits and culturally important
> vegetables and herbs, sustainable and organic production systems, and
> alternative marketing efforts such as farmers markets, value-added
> products, and community-supported agriculture.
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> UC ANR is hiring two Small Farms Lead Community Educators, one in
> Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and one in San Diego County, who will
> join a team of academics and staff providing extension services to
> small-scale farms and conducting outreach to expand these services in seven
> multi-county regions throughout California. The Lead Community Educators
> will work closely with other small farms staff within their counties, as
> well as statewide, to increase farmer access to training, resources, and
> research-based information, including leading content development of
> extension materials, with the goal of sustaining the economic and
> environmental viability of small-scale farms in California. Candidates with
> bilingual proficiency in Spanish and/or Korean are encouraged to apply.
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> These positions are open until December 2, 2021. Please see the links
> below to apply:
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> *Small Farms Lead Community Educator, UCCE Riverside County (Community
> Education Specialist III) <https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/?jobnum=1945>*
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> *Small Farms Lead Community Educator, UCCE San Diego County (Community
> Education Specialist III) <https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/?jobnum=1892>*
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> For more information, please contact Ruth Dahlquist-Willard at
> rdwillard at ucanr.edu
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> Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, Ph.D.
> Small Farms and Specialty Crops Advisor
> University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno and Tulare Counties
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> http://smallfarmsfresno.ucanr.edu/
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-- 
Houston Wilson, Ph.D.
Asst. Cooperative Extension Specialist
Director - UC Organic Agriculture Institute <https://organic.ucanr.edu/>
Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center <http://kare.ucanr.edu/>
Dept. Entomology, UC Riverside <https://entomology.ucr.edu/>
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<https://twitter.com/treecrops?lang=en>
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