🥕Leading the way for Ag literacy at @UCANRDREC #ImperialValley | @UCANR 🥦available for field trips, tours, and workshops for learners of all ages. #WeLoveAg
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9 Dec 2021
Farm Smart is celebrating 20 years! Check out these great videos created by @ucanrespanol
Farm Smart 20th Anniversary (English): youtu.be/Y9MfQFvxx6A
Farm Smart 20 Aniversario (Espanol): youtu.be/v12x8LiyIas
@UCANRDREC #imperialcounty #imperialvalley
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18 May 2023
Today is #GivingDay ! From noon to noon we are asking our #community to help us reach our goal of $1,000 to continue supporting programs, free community events, and #workforce development! Join us this Giving Day to help us serve generations to come!
donate.ucanr.edu/?rec=Desert…
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20 Apr 2023
Happy #volunteerappreciation Day! 🌟 For the past 22 years that #FarmSmart has been around, we have been able to create amazing programs because of our volunteers! To our past and present volunteers, thank you for all you do for our community!
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19 Apr 2023
Thank you to all the schools who brought their classes to explore Vegetable Adventures! Students and Staff from around the Imperial Valley were able to learn what plants need to grow. They discussed where our water comes from, different soil types, and where seeds come from!
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14 Mar 2023
@UCFarmSmart #Free pop up #U-pick on March 18th. Everyone is welcome. Nuestro huerto de vegetales esta abierto al publico el Sabado 18 de Marzo @CityofElCentro @cityofimperial @ImperialCntyCA @UCCE_Imperial @ImperialCo_4H @IVVGA
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8 Mar 2023
A team lead by our Director, Jairo Diaz, found that #water and #nitrogen management can be improved in #onion production using #drip #irrigation @CDFAnews @ucanr @Onionista onions-usa.org/wp-content/up…
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
24 Feb 2023
During our #ag tour with #teachers, #growers addressed the need of more trained people in #STEM fields and #vocational areas that support high tech advances in #ag. @UCFarmSmart @monica_meng @USDA_NIFA @UCCalFreshImpCo
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24 Feb 2023
#teachers learned that #vegetables are produced by our local Imperial #growers with lesser #water than 10 years ago in wider beds with higher plant density @UCFarmSmart @monica_meng @USDA_NIFA @UCCalFreshImpCo
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
24 Feb 2023
#teachers got a full day of #ag experiences including harvesting #cabbage, learning about #organic production, walking through cooling facilities, and listening about #olive, #citrus, #forage, #cattle operations in Imperial. @UCFarmSmart @monica_meng @UCCalFreshImpCo @USDA_NIFA
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
22 Feb 2023
We hosted academics from @LIATLincoln. Researchers explained field projects including #cattle nutrition, #soil amendments and #CO2 sequestration in #crop production, and #irrigation, #N management in #vegetable production
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
22 Feb 2023
“#FarmSmart is a reminder to kids that they come from a place that feeds most of the country throughout the year. It's something to be proud of,” said Stacey Amparano, @UCFarmSmart Program Manager @UCANRDREC.
Read all about Farm Smart's impact here: bit.ly/3YLmoiR
ALT A woman helps a boy shuck an ear of corn.
ALT A teacher and her students pose in front of the corn maze located at the Desert Research and Extension Center.
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30 Jan 2023
Want to know more about research in #carrots? This virtual seminar will show some of the carrot #research conducted at the center and in @ImperialCntyCA by @ucanr #researchers
30 Jan 2023
2023 UCCE Carrot Research (Virtual) Symposium vegetableswest.com/2023/01/3…
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
19 Dec 2022
Our @ucfarmsmart program @ucanrdrec is one of a kind! It’s a leader in the #ImperialValley community and beyond, teaching ag literacy to learners of all ages. Visit their website for more information: drec.ucanr.edu/Farm_Smart/ 🧵 (1/4)
ALT What is it? Farm Smart is an educational outreach program that promotes a better understanding of agriculture, the source of our food, fiber, and energy, and its impact on our economy and daily lives, as well as protecting natural resources and cultivating healthy people and communities.
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
18 Nov 2022
#FarmSmart is in full effect @UCANRDREC! Stacey Amparano, program manager, is teaching kindergarteners about #corn.
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
17 Sep 2022
16 Sep 2022
Thanks @Tweet_NEAFCS for recognizing @ucanr Imperial YFC team @UCCE_Imperial CalFresh team @UCANRDREC Farm Smart’s collaboration efforts in supporting ECE sites with Spanish Garden videos and garden kits during pandemic. Bring team certificates back from NC.
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
27 Jun 2022
Teachers, principals, child nutritionists, and others were able to see firsthand what the @UCANRDREC does and has to offer the students of the Imperial Valley at its first Farm to School conference last week. holtvilletribune.com/2022/06…
ALT Farm Smart director Stacey Amparano explains how the acres of farmland used for research by the University of California Desert Research and Extension Center works during a tour on Thursday, June 16. | KATHERINE RAMOS PHOTO
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
18 Jun 2022
Thanks, Vanessa for covering our event. For more information about @UCFarmSmart programs, please visit drec.ucanr.edu/Farm_Smart/
18 Jun 2022
Updated!! Check out how Farm Smart can help your local school and community! There is a grant available to help you start your Farm to School!
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
16 Jun 2022
2nd day ready to go #imperial #farm2school conference Ag tour
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
15 Jun 2022
Got 1st day Imperial Valley Farm-to-school conference âś…. We got great presenters, participation, discussion and evaluation results. Thanks to Nick from @CDFAnews and Toni, Dane, Natalie from @sd_chip Thais from UCDavis joining us for the day and your inspirations!
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15 Jun 2022
It’s a great day at Farm Smart! Day 1 of the Farm-to-School Conference is underway!
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UC Farm Smart retweeted
14 Jun 2022
Getting ready for tomorrow’s Imperial Valley Farm-to-school Conference by @UCFarmSmart @UCCE_Imperial
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