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Horticulture Farm Advisor - Nut Crops

The primary focus would be to enhance competitive, sustainable food systems, including research and education focused on water use efficiency, improved water quality and innovative practices to minimize environmental impacts while ensuring economic viability of the nut crop industries. The advisor will serve as a resource in nuts helping both new and established growers produce crops in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner. The advisor is expected to interact with UC ANR Program Teams, workgroups, specialists and others within the research/extension continuum in order to develop a successful program.

Outreach methods will include individual consultations, meetings, field days, tours, web conferences, ANR publications, peer-reviewed journals, and an appropriate mix of contemporary and emerging electronic media including but not limited to: online learning, content repositories, social media, impact and evaluation tools, and public media outlets.

The advisor will work closely with nut crop organizations, local growers, and processors to identify research areas of the highest priority. Projects would focus on orchard sustainability, environmental protection and health attributes of nuts. Research results will be shared with industry clientele by publishing in scientific journals, popular journals, local newsletters, internet blogs and other outreach methods previously mentioned.
Detailed job description information can be found here.