UC ANR Planning and Accountability

Condition Changes

The UC ANR network developed this updated public value framework in 2025 to help us measure and communicate the social, environmental, and economic impact of our work. We engage communities and partners to identify meaningful outcome indicators that measure benefits for all Californians. Working within and across program areas, our transdisciplinary approaches and science-to-policy activities can contribute to any condition change(s). Starting for federal fiscal year 2018, we have gathered data from statewide programs and from Project Board, selecting measured outcomes from programs and individual Cooperative Extension academics that provide evidence of how UC ANR contributes to these condition changes. We share participant outcomes and public benefits to demonstrate accountability and increase the visibility of our work. You can view our annual condition change/impact story compilations further down.

Below is UC ANR's public value framework with our 31 condition changes.

People

  • Improved mental and physical well-being across an individual’s lifespan
  • Improved community health and wellness
  • Improved built environment, landscaping, and access to green spaces
  • Increased community disaster preparedness and resilience to extreme weather and change in climate
  • Improved readiness and access to post-secondary education and career opportunities
  • Increased civic engagement  
  • Increased public engagement and confidence in science
  • Improved living and working conditions
  • Increased equitable access to resources (e.g., information, education, technology, services, land, capital, clean air and water, healthcare)
  • Improved food and nutrition security, food sovereignty, and access to culturally relevant foods
  • Improved food safety
  • Enhanced regional-based food supply chains

Planet

  • Improved land stewardship (e.g., equitable land access, land use planning, restoration, and management strategies)
  • Increased ecological sustainability of agriculture, working landscapes, and natural ecosystems
  • Improved air quality
  • Improved soil health and productivity
  • Improved water quality
  • Improved water use efficiency and water supply security
  • Improved biodiversity (e.g. protected, restored)
  • Increased ecosystem resilience to extreme weather and change in climate
  • Increased agriculture and food system resilience to extreme weather and change in climate
  • Increased carbon sequestration and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions
  • Enhanced waste reduction, recovery, and economic reuse
  • Reduced reliance on fossil fuels 

Prosperity

  • Increased stability, efficiency, and profitability of agriculture and working landscapes
  • Improved animal management (e.g., welfare, profitability, and sustainability)
  • Enhanced food systems and markets (e.g., crops/products, supply chains, diversified/niche markets)
  • Improved workforce development for individuals, communities, and industry
  • Enhanced business and community leadership
  • Improved individual and household financial stability
  • Enhanced community economic development 

 

You can also download them as a printable list here.  

 

Condition change outcomes/impact story compilations

 

Resources on how to use condition changes