Out Of The Blank #322 - Whitney Brim-Deforest (Scientist, "UCCE Rice Advisor")

Whitney Brim-DeForest is the County Director for University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba, and the UCCE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Placer, and Sacramento counties. She holds a M.S.in International Agricultural Development and a PhD in Horticulture and Agronomy from University of California, Davis. She also holds a dual BA in Biology and Music from Brown University. Whitney has been working in rice for more than 15 years, and her current research and extension activities focus on identification and management of weeds in rice and wild rice systems. She was also a Sustainable Agriculture Volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa, where she served three years. Agriculture is something that needs major focus with all the global implications from the crops we grow to the things we use much care needs to be provided to help preserve this place we call our home.

Whitney's links:
http://ucanr.edu/
http://rice.ucanr.edu/

My Links:
https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast