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 The California Association of Pest Control Advisors (CAPCA) highest award is given to those individuals, companies or organizations that has gone far beyond others in support of Agriculture. This year’s honoree for the Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture is Dr. John Kabashima.
John has been a lifelong PCA and contributing member to the SoCal CAPCA Chapter. John started his education with a BS in Ag Biology at Cal Poly Pomona picking up a MS in Pest Management at UC Riverside, grabbed an MBA at Pepperdine University and his Ph.D. at UC Riverside.
John has 24 years as an Environmental Horticulture Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension, South Coast Research & Extension Center, Irvine, California. John is currently coordinating and supervising insect, disease and weed management in ornamental horticulture production systems, and biological control of exotic pests for the county. He is engaged in water use, water related problems and total maximum daily loads (TMDL’s) of landscape, golf courses, nurseries, municipalities, and at the watershed level. He oversees detection and removal of pathogens, pesticides and nitrates in nursery recycled water systems and agricultural runoff.
John has additional interests in managing the Master Gardner volunteer program which uses formally trained volunteers of the UC ANR to extend university based information on gardening and horticulture to the public. He has contributed his time and knowledge to CAPCA, Entomological Society of America, California Association of Nurseries and Garden centers and the Golf Course Superintendents of Association of Southern California. Additionally, John serves on a number of advisory groups such as the Glassy Wing Sharp Shooter Nursery Task Force, Orange County Red Imported Fire Ant committee and the Newport Bay/San Diego creek Watershed Committee to name a few.
Dr. Kabashima has been recognized and awarded the 2010 Entomological Society of America Team Award for CDPR Pest Ant Management, 2008 Western Extension director’s Award for Excellence for Farm water Planning and many education and research acknowledgements.
John has been married to Janet Kabashima for 33 years and has one daughter, Misa.
John’s message to the CAPCA membership was to enjoy what you do and more importantly, get involved and make a difference.
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