Thoughts on Rice

Sara Rosenberg is the University of California Cooperative Extension Regenerative Agriculture Advisor for Mariposa, Merced and Stanislaus Counties. Her extension and research program evaluate and support management decisions which improve soil health, biodiversity, and water conservation outcomes; decrease external input dependance.  Sara received her master’s degree in International Agriculture Development and a Ph.D in Horticulture and Agronomy with a focus in Agroecology, both from UC Davis. Prior to working on her Ph.D., she was an agriculture advisor in the Peace Corps for more than three years. Here, she worked closely with smallholder farmers in West Africa, implementing conservation agriculture programs such as minimal tillage and cover crop adoption in both annual crops and tree crops, mainly in the cashew forestry sector. In California, she has worked on farms for more than eight years, including running her own small, diversified farm in Woodland.