Contact Us

UC Cooperative Extension Ventura County
669 County Square Dr. Suite 100
Ventura CA 93003
Phone: 805.645.1451
Fax: 805.645.1474

Office Hours
Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Please phone ahead as staff schedules vary due to COVID-19.
We are also available via phone and email.

Click here for our office directory: Contact/Staff Info

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Livestock & Range

Welcome

Matthew Shapero is the Livestock & Range advisor serving Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. Prior to starting as an advisor, Matthew worked for the Rangeland Planning & Policy and the Rangeland Ecology labs at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked as a graduate student researcher at the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Sierra Foothills Research and Extension Center. Matthew also has experience in small-scale, grass-fed meat production, working as rancher in the Sierra Nevada foothills between 2010 and 2016.

To schedule a meeting or ranch visit, please call Matthew at (805) 645-1475, or email him at mwkshapero@ucanr.edu.

Use this link for more information on current projects: Livestock & Range-SB