COLLEGE

OF

AGRICULTURE,

FOOD

&

ENVIRONMENTAL

SCIENCES

MESSAGE

THE

FROM

DEAN

ahhh... SPRING AT CAL POLY
BY

DEAN

DAVID

WEHNER

By the title, you might think that this message is about springtime in San Luis Obispo,
with flowers and trees blooming, which of course, we enjoy greatly. No, I am talking about
the hundreds of potential students who are visiting campus to learn about the College of
Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences and trying to decide whether to attend this
great university.
As I write this, it is Open House weekend, with our program for new students and their
parents on Friday and Poly Royal on Saturday. At the parents' session on Friday, I ask how
many of them have attended orientation programs at other universities with their sons
or daughters, and at least half raise their hands. I then ask how many have attended a
program where they were provided lunch, and only a few hands remain raised. Finally, I
ask how many have attended a program where the current university students have made
some of the ingredients and cooked the lunch. There are no hands raised at this point.
That simple exercise drives home the uniqueness of our learn-by-doing approach to
education. Students in our meat science classes made the hamburgers for lunch, and
many other students were involved in setting up the farm shop for the event, by cooking
and serving the food and then cleaning up afterwards. Additional students were involved in
the programming for the event and publication of a newsletter that helped describe some
of the programs and activities that are available at Cal Poly.
There is no more powerful message about Cal Poly than our students demonstrating the
strength of character and responsibility to conduct a major event for over 1,200 people. It
comes from our learn-by-doing approach to education, always and forever.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

ABOUND

Robert Flores (left), head of the Agricultural Education and Communication Department, is the national winner in the Community/Business

Leader

category for the H.O. Sargent Diversity Award program sponsored by the National FFA Organization. Flores was recognized for his leadership promoting
professional agricultural careers to minority students, scholarship fundraising, establishing strength training and team building programs among youth
leaders, and teacher training to accept and incorporate diversity in student populations.
Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

faculty member

Cynthia Moyer (center) was selected as the university's 2007-08
Outstanding Faculty Advisor. Moyer's nomination letters depicted
her robust contribution to not only advising in her department, but to
her college, the university, and on a national level. Nomination letters
described her as knowledgeable, skilled, encouraging, approachable,
and "the glue that keeps us together ...a well-rounded source of
information coupled with genuine interest for any student."
DaVid Headrick (right) received the 2008 Distinguished Educator
Award from

the American

Association

of State Colleges

of

Agriculture and Renewable Resources. The award was presented at
the 2008 annual conference held in Kentucky and hosted by Murray
State University. Mark Shelton, CAFES associate dean of research
and graduate programs, introduced Headrick to the group of deans
and associate deans from around the country.
Photo

Chris t.esctunsky

AGRIVIEW

3

NEW

B R I E

BANKING ON
FARM CREDIT

SPECIAL DELIVERY

NOTEWORTHY
APPOINTMENT

The Agribusiness Department and the
farm credit industry have forged a new
partnership to create the Farm Credit Chair
in Finance and Appraisal at Cal Poly. The
$500,000 commitment will ensure that
the Agribusiness Department continues

After approval by the U.S. Congress, the
main Post Office in San Jose was recently
renamed as the Gordon N. Chan Post
Office in memory of Gordon Chan, a 1959
Cal Poly ornamental horticulture alumnus.

Animal science major Nessie Early has
been busily engaged in fulfilling her duties

teaching courses in appraisal, as it has
since 1961.

The honor recognizes Chan's leadership
and community service as a pioneer
in the San Jose-area Asian-American
community, and as an advocate for
agriculture. He was the first ChineseAmerican to become a member of

Rural appraisal is facing a severe shortage
of qualified young professionals. This gift
will allow Cal Poly to better champion rural
appraisal as a viable career. "With this
incredible support, I see Cal Poly continuing
to train most of the rural appraisers in
California," said Wayne Howard, chair
of the Agribusiness Department.
This five-year partnership is supported by
a consortium of farm credit organizations.
Principal sponsors are American AgCredit
and Farm Credit West. Supporting
sponsors are CoBank, Farm Credit
Services of Colusa-Glenn, FLBA of
Kingsburg, Fresno-Madera Farm Credit,
Northern California Farm Credit, U.S.
AgBank and Yosemite Farm Credit.

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the Santa Clara County Planning
Commission and was the first and
only Chinese-American to serve as
president of the Santa Clara Farm
Bureau. He served on numerous

as this year's secretary of the National
FFA Organization. In addition to meeting
top leaders in business, government and
education, Early expects to travel more
than 100,000 miles, including trips to
over 40 states and a tour of Japan.
"I believe that national officers are the
greatest representatives of leadership
and service," said Early, "and becoming
one is my chance to give back to
the industry, community and way of
life that I have loved so much."

community boards and commissions.

A graduate of Shandon High School near
Paso Robles, Early follows on the heelsof

For more than 30 years, Chan, who

another Cal Poly agriculture student, Kari
Boettcher, who served as the National FFA

passed away in 2001, ran his family's
successful chrysanthemum and rose-

Western Region Vice President in 2007-08.

growing business, formerly located about
one mile from the Chan Post Office.
His wife, Anita, and his three daughters
have made a gift to Cal Poly in his honor
to support a horticulture laboratory.

F S

CURSO

DE QUESO

A PROUD

PART OF THE BOSWELL

Dr. Rafael Jimenez-Flores, dairy

Mr. James G. Boswell, who grew his

science professor at Cal Poly, recently
offered his popular seminar on cheese

family's business into one of the largest
family-owned farms in the world, passed

making for the first time in Spanish.

away on April 3, 2009, at the age of 86.
Through the James G. Boswell Foundation,

The one-and-a-half-day

seminar was

created to demystify the science behind
cheese making, emphasizing artisan
cheese practices. The sold-out event,

the Boswell family had previously endowed
three faculty positions in California
to further agricultural sciences.

held at the College of Marin, covered the

Shown above, from left to right, are Dr.

basic principles of cheese making, such
as dairy microbiology, starter cultures

of Agronomy at Fresno State University;

and coagulants, pH and sanitation. The
course also included an introduction to the

Dr. Jeffrey Wong, the James G. Boswell
Professor of Plant Biotechnology at Cal

manufacture of different families of cheese.

Poly; and Dr. Will Horwath, the James. G.
Boswell Chair of Soil Science at UC Davis.

Bruce Roberts, the J.G. Boswell Chair

Born in Mexico City, Dr. Jimenez-Flores
received a Bachelor of Science degree

The three, along with numerous Cal Poly

from La Salle University, Master of

faculty and staff, attended Mr. Boswell's
memorial service on April 22 in Corcoran.

Science degree from Cornell University,
and PhD. from UC Davis. Dr. Jimenez·

LEGACY

"On behalf of all of us in
the College of Agriculture,
Food and Environmental
Sciences, J extend my
sincere condolences to
the family, friends and
colleagues of]. G. Boswell.
He was a pioneering
California agriculturalist
and philanthropist) and
Cal Poly greatly benefitted
."
firom hiis generoszty.
-

DEAN

DAVID

J.

WEHNER

Flores has been a member of the Cal
Poly faculty since 1995, working at the
Dairy Products Technology Center.
The seminar was supported by the
California Artisan Cheese Guild.

AGRIVIEW

5

IT WAS

A TIME NOT MUCH

Harrington

DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.

came to Cal Poly from his family's

operation
The nation was in recession.
housing and automotive
unemployment

Major industries

in Live Oak, Calif., and admittedly

anything

- banking,

about agricultural

With coursework
then), the valedictorian

("Charlie"

the hands-on

back

of his high school class, was preparing

graduate from Cal Poly with a degree in agricultural

to

engineering.

He knew where he wanted to work, but he didn't have a job.

discovered

After much persistence

and getting to know the right people,

was offered an associate engineer

an international

engineering

and construction

month later, the oil industry collapsed

in the classroom

But, during

him to be a generalist,

Harrington

preparing

had an immediate

ice roads in the arctic.

company. One

into layoffs. He's still not sure how, but Harrington

was spared.

Harrington
prepared

He was sold. Parsons

recalled.

said his Cal Poly agricultural

me was this: You can compete.

hard. There is no challenge

12,000 employees.

of Parsons,

From his first job as an engineer,

he rose

positions and became the founding

president of its Commercial

Technology

Group. In 2006,

he was elevated to executive vice president, chief financial
officer and treasurer
he was appointed

of the global company and, in 2008,

chief executive

officer,

of the board of directors

adding

the role

later that year.

Paul & Josclyn

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2009

came to
Parsons-built

was for him.

engineering

education.

Reed at Newport

You just have to work

you should shy away from."

which now does more than $3 billion in business with
through management

He
business.

him to fight for that first job offer - and to keep his

It took more than luck for this Cal Poly grad to ascend to the
and Chief Executive Officer

representative

saw a video that featured

he

job when times got tough. "What Cal Poly and ag engineering
taught

post of Chairman

application.

to join the family rice-growing

his junior year, a Parsons

and Harrington

and

found that everything

position at Parsons,

and Parsons was forced

"There was a lot of luck involved," Harrington

that prepared

approach,

was, he thought,
campus

of chairman

when he arrived.

"it was made for me."

made for a tight job market.

The year was 1981 and Charles Harrington

Harrington

engineering

But, as he says, he soon learned

- were in trouble. And high

rice farming

didn't know

Beach circa 1988

Shy away, he doesn't.

Nor does he allow his team to do so.

Take, for example, this Parsons

project.

the United States Army produced
dangerous

nerve agent developed

at the Newport

Chemical

Was subsequently

During the 1960s,

and stockpiled
for chemical

They began dating and were fast friends

VX, the

couple, Diane DeMesa

warfare,

Depot in Indiana. Production

disbanded,

leaving a hazardous

of the toxin and a great challenge

supply

Both couples

married. Over the years, the four have stayed close
their families grow. In time, the Harringtons'

In 1999, Pasadena-based

Parsons

to design, build, operate

The Harringtons

a facility to disarm
They developed
water process

have three children:

and earned

patents

On campus,

weapons.

project

high-pressure,
for the work.

Diane Harrington

student.

Josclyn

was the quintessential

She worked with geraniums

to the

She came to Cal Poly to study horticulture

people.

Find

with, and we just shine."

becoming

a high school horticulture

and master's

degrees

Don't forget to look ahead and dream with your comrades,

he

names for it, but we spend a lot

of our casual time as a team, thinking

and discussing

with the dream of

from Cal Poly, she lectured

briefly at Cal

the first woman to be elected

officer

Agricultural

didn't just find a career at Cal Poly. Like

So many others, he also found the classmate
his Wife. Diane Walls ('81 OH, '83 MA-Ag
Narrington,
of Agriculture
E:ngineering

as he's now known,
Student

Council.

Teachers'

College
an

Association.

the future."
For young

Of Course, Harrington

horses,

were her

teacher. After bachelor's

in Walnut, and became
in the California

enterprise

she remembered.

Poly, then taught for seven years at Mt. San Antonio
added. "There are a lot of fancy

Reed

and begonias,

life. "You felt you could do almost anything,"

and really creative

the world is struggling

daughter

Rhiena and son Chase.

sheep and goats. Like so many others, these projects

to be proud of," he said, pointing

innovative spirit. "It's just chemistry

grad), daughter

the
dismantle

1,973 tons of these chemical

a high-temperature,

"This is something
Us challenges

was awarded

and ultimately

daughter,

and the Reeds' son fell in love and, too, were married.

(now an engineering
contract

Cal Poly

and watched
Josclyn,

for the nation.

with another

('80 OH) and Russ Reed ('81 AgBus).

who would become

professionals

today, who face a job market

like the one he first entered,
your dreams,

be aggressive

Harrington

said: "Follow

and let the rest play out."

Ed) and "Chuck"

met while serving
He represented

Society, and she, the Ornamental

on the School

the Agricultural
Horticulture

Club.

AGRIVIEW

7

LEARN
byDOING?

What Is

KNOWLEDGE

AT THEIR FINGERTIPS

Practically speaking, the true value of a Cal Poly degree can't be found in tests and term
papers. It's found in the barns and paddocks, fields and forests, laboratories and test-kitchens
unique to a Cal Poly education.
The hands that hold a Cal Poly diploma have held a baby chick. Grapes fresh from the vine.
Pipettes, microscopes and DNA samples. The latest in food-processing equipment.
Cal Poly students aren't just fed information. They are required to dig for answers. To grasp
and grapple with the serious challenges our world now faces, from the safety of our food
supply to global warming and a deteriorating environment. They know how to take the "Iearnby-doing" philosophy and apply it to the real world because they have gotten their hands dirty,
trying out new ideas and kneading problems until they become solutions.
There's hope for all of us because the future is in their hands.

AGRIVIEW

9

PRESERVING

LEARNbyDOING

"We are fully committed
David

J. Wehner.

to learn by doing," said Dean

"It is at the heart of everything

we must do everything

we can to keep it that way."

The Learn By Doing Endowments
with 10 Founding

Partners,

date, each committing
collective

$l-million

$100,000
Challenge

learn-by-doing.

($2,500

will be launched

to this initiative. Their
Fund will be used to match

It's as simple as this:

per year for five years) or more to support

The Founding

have created a permanent

Campaign

nine of whom have joined to

other donors, dollar-for-dollar.

Pledge $12,500

we do, and

Partners match that commitment.

endowment

valued at $25,000

You

or more

that can be in your name or that of a loved one, mentor or company.
Photos:

Each year, the college will benefit from income
produced

by these endowments

resource to improve hands-on

10

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2009

and will use that
opportunities.

Chris Leschmsky

"We know that the state budget
that fuel, feed and equipment

will continue

to be unstable,

costs will always fluctuate,

doing cannot," Wehner said. "This project

and we know

but learn by

is more important

than ever."

The Oreggia Family Foundation
helping

the college

enhance

donor outreach

efforts

position

advancement

in the

is generously
its alumni and

by supporting

a new

and external

relations office. Adam Jarman joined CAFES
as its associate
It is the learn-by-doing

philosophy

universities, said Founding

that puts Cal Poly ahead of other

Partner

John Salmonson

workforce

AgResources.

"Cal Poly graduates

enter the

a good year or two ahead of their peers," he said, "Learn

are

happening

so

many

to support

it."

advancement,

contact

Adam Jarman,

at ajarman@calpoly.edu

associate

or (805)

director

756-6776.

of

wonderful

support,"

and the industries

said Tanya Kiani, assistant
and external

Aside from supporting
to garner

private

academic

programs,

which

PARTNERS

TO

DATE:

Rick and Tonya Antle
Thejames G. Boswell Foundation
Ed and Rosa Boutonnet
john and Sheila Lake
Mission Produce, Inc.
Al and Gail Montna
RCO Ag Credit, Inc., in memory of Glen N janzen
john and Carol Salmonson
Richard and Kathleen Zacky

will create

hands-on

all the college's efforts

support

and enhance

Jarman

Jarman
assistant
earned

previously
director

its

is managing

broad-based

educational

we

dean of

relations.

the Learn by Doing Endowments

_____ FOUNDING

things

Adam is going to help us create a very bright

advancement
For more information,

in

in this college, and I am thrilled that

future for our students
by doing works, and my wife and I are very pleased

of advancement

('67 CRSC),
"There

president of Monterey

director

July 2008.

Campaign,
support

for

opportunities.

served
of

his bachelor's

as the university's

planned
degree

giving.

He

in journalism

and a master's

in public policy from Cal Poly.

"I am delighted

to be a part of this wonderful

college," he said, "and I look forward to getting
to know the many dedicated
so passionate

alumni who are

about Cal Poly."

AGRIVIEW

11

DAIRY

SCIENCE

HAS

A

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

By Pat Broering

Long-recognized as a dairy science leader in the United
States, Cal Poly is taking its expertise global.
Cal Poly's Dairy Products Technology Center (DPTC) and
Food Science Australia recently signed an agreement
to host student and staff exchanges and to collaborate
on research, subcontracting and workshops.
The deal with Australia's leading food, health and
nutrition research organization "is consistent with
our efforts to reach out to the world and provide our
students and staff with more global experiences and
perspectives," said Phil Tong, director of the DPTC.
This agreement follows an announcement that the College of
Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences will also begin
hosting Chinese students in fall 2009, as part of a joint master's
degree program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
The first two Jiao Tong students will come to Cal Poly
for the second half of a two-and-a-half year master's
degree program. They will have completed mostly
classroom courses at Jiao Tong, to be followed by 12 to
14 months focused largely on research at Cal Poly.

"The food industry in China is quite advanced overall, and
consumers are seeking more value-added foods. So the potential
is there for dairy," Tong said. "Cal Poly has a chance to playa
role in helping China ensure a safe and healthy food supply."
Sheng Yi, a director's assistant at the Chinese university's
S. Luh Food Safety Center, recently spent seven months at
Cal Poly as a visiting scholar in the DPTC. Working with Tong,
Yi's goals were to gain familiarity with the California dairy
industry and to educate Cal Poly on China's dairy and food
sectors. She also became familiar with Cal Poly programs
and the university environment so she could interest Chinese
students in the value of the dual master's degree program.
"Dairy science is new at Jiao Tong," Yi said. "And our students
will find Cal Poly's learn-by-doing education to be very helpful."
In addition to international collaboration, the Dairy Science
Department is seeking to expand its expertise in global markets
through a new faculty position supported with charitable gifts
from the industry and alumni, a first for the department.
The endowed professorship in dairy foods science and
technologies would increase global markets for U.S.
products by providing technical expertise, advocacy,
and vision to the California and U.S. dairy industry
to ensure long-term viability of export markets.

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP TO INCREASE
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
"As our industry increases

its international

natural evolution of our program.

presence,

recognized technical capability

for production

markets by adding an essential

global component,"

Bruce Golden, head of the Dairy Science
California's dairy industry is the largest
is in the best position to capitalize

in domestic
said Dr.

Department.

in the nation and

on increasing

export

opportunities of dairy foods. The Dairy Products

Technology

Center (DPTC) has created a legacy of leadership
world-class scientific solutions

this is a

We will add to our nationally

and training.

by providing

The DPTC is the

only national dairy center on the West Coast and is a key
component in the U.S. dairy industry's

growth

This new position will be held by a faculty
is an expert in international

products

and, working with the talented

member

who

and technologies

DPTC faculty

organizations such as the American

strategy.

and staff and

Dairy Association,

National Dairy Council, and the U.S. Dairy Export
provide the industry with expertise

the

Council,

that is urgently

will

needed.

ADDING FOCUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT
As part of its strategic goals, the Dairy Science
will also seek funding for a second

endowed

which would focus on best dairy practices

Department

professorship

for the environment

and water quality. For the long-term

health of dairy

producers, and the state's economy

and all Californians,

it is becoming increasingly

crucial to find solutions

to the

impact on water quality and the global environment.
Cal Poly dairy science has an essential
in addressing this already substantial
research in alternative

methods

electrical power generation

and unique
effort

role to play

by continuing

of wastewater

treatment

from dairy lagoon-produced

"We are very proud that this department

its
and
methane.

has been a leader

in California's dairy industry for many, many decades,"
Golden said, "and we look forward
and reaching out to the international
Dairy Science will lead this industry

to continuing

that legacy

marketplace.

Cal Poly

into the future."

Phil Tong received the 2008
Cargill Flavor Systems Food
Specialties Award from the
American Dairy Science
Association. He was also
elected vice president of the
association and will serve as
next year's president.
Left to right Maulik Shah. graduate student (completed 2009); Xiomara
Eftas. graduate stooent; Dr. Sheng Vi, visiting scholar, Dr. Phillip Tong;
ElIZabeth Ng, graduate student, Dr. Vandna Sikand, research scientist;
and Scott Gualco, graduate student.

AGRIVIEW

13

SERVING CALIFORNIA'S

DIVERSE STUDENTS

By Pat Broering
CAFES is proud to be the recipient of a Higher Education
Multicultural Scholars program grant from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture. This program is designed to meet the increasingly
advanced technological needs of the food and agricultural sciences
workforce and increase the number of new and outstanding
students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in
food and agricultural sciences.
Students selected for the program are first-generation college
students who demonstrate high academic achievement in high
school. Current recipients include Vanessa Nunez, nutrition,
sophomore; Brianna Montoya, animal science, sophomore; Jesse
Garcia, agribusiness, sophomore; Kiettiporn Phuangpolchai,
animal science, sophomore; and Thomas Gomes, bioresource and
agriculture engineering, junior.
Participants are paired with faculty and student peer advisors for
outreach and recruitment efforts for the college, as well as various
enterprise projects, internships, work experience and club and
leadership activities. They are also giventheopportunityto participate
in research projects and other career-related experiences.

Student peer advisors staff the center and help new students
make the transition to college life. Faculty and academic staff hold
weekly office hours to provide professional guidance. Students
also have access to state-of-the-art computing, thanks to a gift of
six new Apple 24" iMac computers from Apple Inc. and its chief
financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer, a Cal Poly alumnus.
"I believe the activities that take place in the MAP Center greatly
enhance student success," said Dean David Wehner. "Cal Poly
annually graduates the second or third highest number of Latino
students in agriculture of all universities in the United States."
The current Peer Advisors include: Nicole Ghidinelli, agribusiness,
sophomore, Ferndale; Megan Giacomazzi, crop science, senior,
Hanford; Jennifer Potterton, animal science, senior, Santa Ynez;
James Rietkerk, crop science, graduate student, Corcoran; Amanda
Rosa, environmental horticultural science, senior, Santa Maria;
and Kristina Wolf, animal science, senior, Portland, Ore. The MAP
Student Center is under the direction of Brad Kyker, the college's
advising resource specialist.

"This program is making a difference in the college
because even the small increase in the number of
culturally diverse students helps to support the other
diverse students that are part of our program," said Mary
Pedersen, associate dean of undergraduate programs.
"In our recruitment efforts, these students are great
role models for our prospective students as well."
CAFES' Multicultural Agriculture Program (MAP)
Student Center is integral to student success. The
center opened in 1993 to help students make
connections with fellow students and to provide
academic and personal support to students of all
cultural backgrounds in the college.
Fall 2008 MAP Student Center staff: (front row) Bradley Kyker,
Amanda Rosa. Ashli Middleton. Megan Giacomazzi; (back row)
Michelle Morellos. Kristina Wolf and James Rietkerk.

Bradley Kyker serves as the advising resource specialist in the College of
Aqriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. In this role, Kyker, along with
directing the MAP Student Center, lends academic support to CAFES' faculty and
about 4~000 students. Since 2003, he has trained faculty and peer advisers while
counseling students with more complex issues.
Kyker earned a bachelor's degree at Cal Poly in human development and
psychology In 1992 and a master's degree in counseling for student development
in higher education at Cal State Long Beach in 2003.
A San Luis Obispo native, Kyker was named one of the "Top 20 under 40" young
leaders by The San Luis Obispo County Tribune.

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PALATE
PLEASER
Two recent wine and viticulture program graduates, Andrew Macaluso
and Nicole Chamberlain, are traveling around California to test-market
and sell their senior project invention: a bottled beverage designed to
help wine tasters cleanse palates.
The duo named their drink "SanTasti,"and developed it to help winemakers
more accurately evaluate their wines, and to help tasting rooms better
represent their wines to often overwhelmed consumers. Macaluso and
Chamberlain received venture financial and legal backing for their product
as the first-place winners of Cal Poly's Innovation Ouest contest.
"We wanted something that worked better than water alone," Macaluso
said, noting their goal was to make a palate cleanser superior to the usual
sparkling water and crackers. SanTasti is being stocked at winery tasting
rooms and wine stores throughout the state.