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Ventura County. Photo Credit Jeremy Kirsch
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Healthy Soils Grants Announced!

June 7th, 2019
This week the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the much anticipated Healthy Soils Program awards. Statewide, a grand total of $12.
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Quaker Oaks cover crop ready for mowing
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Spotlight on Healthy Soils: Quaker Oaks Farm

May 30th, 2019
Thanks to special guest author Shulamit Shroder for a glance at a Healthy Soils Program grant in action. Shulamit is Kern County's UCCE climate smart agriculture specialist. Quaker Oaks Farm is a small nonprofit farm in Tulare County, near Visalia.
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Heat stress to avocado leaves
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It's NOT Just Heat Stress, It's Lack of Water for Cooling

May 20th, 2019
Plants lose water through their leaves and it's called transpiration. People lose water off their skin and it's called evaporation or sweating. When a plant stops losing water and when people cant produce enough sweat to cool off, both overheat.
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