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Lassen County UCCE Office

The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Office in Lassen County is located in uptown Susanville.  David Lile is the UCCE County Director and Farm Advisor.  His specialty is Natural Resources and Livestock, and he is a certified Rangeland Manager.  He consults individually with farmers and ranchers needing advice and he carries out research on local problems.

The Lassen County 4-H Youth Development Program offers many fun and educational activities for its members.  Darcy Hanson oversees this popular program which stresses citizenship, leadership, and life skills to its almost 200 members in our county.

UC Food Blog

More young people see future in farming
Posted 1/26/2012 - 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 are...

Plan, shop, save and cook
Posted 1/24/2012 - 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 in...

Feed big; start small
Posted 1/19/2012 - 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 scientists...

Chocolate extravaganza set for Feb. 4 at UC Davis
Posted 1/18/2012 - Chocolate lovers take note: Tickets are available for the Feb. 4 “Chocolate” extravaganza at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis. The day will begin with an exclusive gourmet class, designed for foodies, epicureans and...

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