The Advisor will collaborate with other UC ANR Advisors assigned to the four-county area (including the Sustainable Food System Advisor who specializes in the non-production aspect of food systems), other statewide Urban Ag/Small Farm Advisors, campus based Specialists and Faculty, with personnel involved with projects at South Coast Research and Extension Center (SCREC), the UC Riverside Citrus Experiment Station and with relevant non-UC collaborators. The Advisor will affiliate with the statewide Sustainable Agricultural Research and Extension Program (SAREP) and the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program and participate in workgroups associated with the Agriculture Production Management Systems, Vegetable Crops, Pest Management, Water Resources, and Building Food Security Program Teams. The Advisor will also spend up to 20% of their time providing research-based information on non-commercial vegetable production to Master Gardener (MG) volunteers (with MG programs being coordinated and managed by UCCE Community Educators in each of the four counties) who will extend information to the public.

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