Richard Molinar, SFP Advisor
Fresno County
Contact Information:
UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County
1720 S. Maple Ave
Fresno, CA 93702
(559) 600-7203
fax: (559) 456-7575
e-mail: rhmolinar@ucdavis.edu
Key Research Projects/Interests
- Organic Farming
- Weed Management: solarization and other methyl bromide alternatives
- Integrated Pest Management
- Vegetable Crops: lemongrass, capers, Chinese long beans, cherry tomatoes, daikon, gailon, ginseng, Chinese medicinal herbs, jujubes, yamaimo, echinacea
- Specialty Crops
- Niche Crops: blueberries
Extension Educational Outreach Projects
- Annual Strawberry Growers Meeting
- Crop and pest management meetings with Sunnyside Packing Company
- Crop, pest management, and organic farming meetings with Hmong American Community organization
- IPM, Fertilizantes, y Cosechas para El Agricultor en el Valle (IPM, Fertilizers, and Crops for the Farmer in the Central Valley: a workshop for Spanish-language farmers)
- Kearney Field Days (several each year)
Collaborative or Other Special Projects
- Small Farm Resource Network: a collaboration of agencies working with small farmers
- Small Farm Resource Center: a new project to develop a training center for small farmers
- Hmong American Cooperative: training programs to help farmers become more independent
- USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): training program for Hispanic Farmers
- biweekly Hmong radio broadcasts: in cooperation with USDA Farm Service Agency
Publications
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to download some of the publications. Printed copies are available from the Small Farm Center at (530) 752-8136. Contact Richard Molinar directly with questions regarding additional publications.
Miscellaneous
Small Farm advisor Richard Molinar with program representative Michael Yang
- Speaks Spanish fluently
- Michael Yang, field assistant, is employed by Richard Molinar, the UC Cooperative Extension Central Valley Region, and the UC Small Farm Center, to assist Southeast Asian growers in Fresno County. Michael Yang is fluent in Hmong and Lao languages.
- Richard Molinar and Michael Yang received the UC Small Farm Program Pedro Ilic Award for Outstanding Educators in 2000
English-Hmong Translations
Agriculture is an important part of Fresno's Hmong community, shown here at Hmong New Year celebrations.Recommended web pages:
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