Award for Outstanding Achievement Won by Animal Science Waste Management Specialist

Deanne Meyer, UC Davis-based Cooperative Extension Waste Management Specialist, has been named winner of the first annual Award for Outstanding Achievement presented by the grower-sponsored Friends of Agricultural Extension, a Central Valley support group for UC Cooperative Extension. Their area includes the nine counties from Stanislaus to Kern and the three coastal counties, Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito.

Meyer received a $5,000 prize at a special dinner ceremony on February 10 at a dinner held during the annual Tulare Farm Show. She was honored for her research and implementation of an environmental short course on waste management.

"This Award for Outstanding Achievement is designed to identify and bring broad recognition to educational programs devised by UCCE Farm Advisors and Specialist that represent the most significant contributions to production agriculture and the consuming public," said Bob Hines, Award Committee Chair.