Barbara Reed Receives First Reuben Albaugh Scholarship

Barbara Reed, UC Dairy Farm Advisor for Glenn, Butte and Colusa Counties, is the recipient of the first Reuben Albaugh Extension Scholarship for Farm Advisors and Specialists. Ms. Reed will relocate to Davis from September (‘98) to June (‘99) to explore market and consumer issues related to food production. The $3,500 award will be used to support her coursework in food science and nutrition while at UC Davis. A portion of Reed's extension program and collaborative research is in food safety and milk quality and she routinely is asked to answer clientele and consumer questions on these issues as they relate to meat and dairy products. She is especially interested in cultural, ethnic and political determinants that drive food choices and how they shape food production and marketing. While at Davis, Ms. Reed will communicate her progress to dairy production faculty through regular, informal meetings.

The Albaugh Extension Scholarship was established in 1995 to finance the continuing education of farm advisors and specialists and to encourage communication between extension personnel and UCD faculty. Scholarship recipients must be housed in the Department of Animal Science while on professional leave for at least one academic quarter. Priority is given to off-campus Livestock and Dairy Farm Advisors but off-campus specialists or graduate students with extension goals are also eligible for the award. Contributions to the Albaugh Extension Scholarship endowment can be made by using the insert in this issue of Highlights and checking the box for “Extension Scholarship Fund”.