TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - JUNE 24, 2014

Tue Jun 24 11:19:09 MST 2014

TMN submittal:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html 

Tuesday Morning Notes 

June 24, 2014

REGISTER FOR THE THIRD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION EVENT:

Registration is still open for the third Centennial Celebration event which
takes place on Thursday, July 24 at the V-V Experimental Ranch at Mahan Park
beginning at 9:30am.  The morning program will include recognition of
influential contributors to Arizona agriculture, families, and communities
over the last 100 years. The morning program will also highlight significant
research and management of Arizona's forests for the last 100 years and
beyond, describe the history and impact of the Arizona Tree Ring Lab, and
discuss Arizona climate trends in the past and into the future.  Following a
BBQ lunch, there will be a two-hour afternoon session with hands on learning
and demonstrations on various topics from home canning and remote sensing to
Native American food production and forest health.  For more information,
check out the draft agenda
<https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/N
orthernAZCentennialCelebrationDraftAgenda-Web.pdf>  and the map to the Mahan
Park site
<https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/m
ahan-park-vbarv-ranch-map.pdf> .  You can also check out Centennial Events
website <https://extension.arizona.edu/centennial>  for more information on
this event and our final celebration on October 4 at the Phoenix Zoo.

For those on campus and in the Tucson area who would like to participate in
this one-day event, Cooperative Extension will provide bus transportation
from Tucson to the V-V with a UA Campus departure time of 5:30am sharp and
an expected return time to campus between 7:30-8:30pm that same evening.
Registration for the event (which includes lunch) and bus transportation are
free.  

To secure a seat on the bus from Tucson and register for the event, you need
to contact Steven Crofts <mailto:scrofts at cals.arizona.edu>  (520.621.7145)
by tomorrow, Wednesday, June 25.  The maximum capacity for this event is
300, so immediate registration is suggested and is on a first come, first
served basis.  For those wanting to attend the event but are coming from
other parts of the state, contact Mori Farmer
<mailto:mfarmer at cals.arizona.edu>  in the Payson Office (928.474.4160)
directly to register.

ARIZONA 4-H SELECTED TO LEAD HEALTHY OUTREACH TO HISPANIC YOUTH:

Arizona 4-H is one of three State programs targeted by the Wal-Mart
Foundation to provide healthy living programming to Hispanic youth,
deepening and expanding nutrition education and positive youth development
programs to underserved audiences.   Liz Sparks, Amanda Zamudio and Cathy
Martinez will be leading these efforts with a $65,000 grant from Wal-Mart to
train 300 youth to be 4-H Healthy Living Ambassadors.  These youth
ambassadors will in turn reach 10,000 people through health fairs, community
outreach events, camps and afterschool programs.  Congratulations to Liz,
Amanda and Cathy.

EXTENSION IN THE MEDIA:

President Hart Pushes Bold Goals (BizTucson, Summer 2014) – In a recent
article focusing on the UAs “Never Settle Strategic Plan”, President Hart
gave a nod on page 54 towards Cooperative Extension and CALS:  “The
wonderful work that (the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
Cooperative Extension educators do with businesses around the state – from
all kinds of turf grass for the golf industry to animal science and cattle
growers, cotton growers, vegetable growers, leafy vegetable farmers in Yuma
– all of that is mutually beneficial and interactive.”  

UPCOMING EVENTS:

July 23 – The Investor and Business Forum” (IBF).  A special event of the
2014 Realities of Indoor Growing Short Course organized by the UA Controlled
Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC).  The purpose is to highlight and
discuss Opportunities for Success in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Businesses, by featuring a diverse panel of experts representing various
critical aspects for the financial feasibility and success of the Indoor
Growing and CEA Industry within a facilitated format for a limited and
targeted audience.  The panel will include Indoor Growing Business owners, a
produce buyer/shipper, an agriculture investor, and a buyer from Whole
Foods. The IBF will also explore different aspects of investment potential
such as the team you must put together, market entry, positioning,
financing, technology, and supply chain management. The IBF aims to
complement the first half of the course that focuses on growing the crops,
by focusing on what to do with crops post-harvest and how to have a
successful business model every step of the way. The IBF will be preceded by
tours and interactions with four operating indoor plant growing systems at
the CEAC campus.  UA and/or Extension personnel are encouraged to attend.
For more information or if you have any questions, contact Aaron Tevik
<mailto:atevik at cals.arizona.edu>  at (520.626.9566).  

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development 

Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85721-0036
520.621.7205
520.621.1314 (fax) 

To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes and anything that could help
us be more effective, use the “Director
<http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box> ’s Suggestion
Box” – all submissions are anonymous.  

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