From Soil to Science

Primary Image
polymer2

Sustainable Polymers: Taking Action to Solve the Challenge of Plastics

November 18, 2020
By Steven Worker
New Extension Peer Reviewed Curriculum Through an innovative collaboration with the University of Minnesota Center for Sustainable Polymers, Minnesota, California, and New York 4-H Cooperative Extension educators partnered to develop and pilot youth-driven curricula Focusing on the use and impacts o...
View Article
Primary Image
Always wash your hands before and after harvesting, and wash you produce in running water to mitigate a potential risk. Photo: Evett Kilmartin

How smoke and ash from wildfire may impact food production

November 13, 2020
A summer of smoke and ash in many parts of California has raised questions about the safety of produce growing on farms and in the garden, eggs laid by chickens who peck around in ash-laden areas, and remediation needed to safely and effectively grow food in the future.
View Article
Primary Image
Figure 2. Female trees can produce more than 300,000 red, yellow and green “samaras” that each contain one seed covered by a winged and papery tissue used in wind dispersal. Credit: Cindy R. Kron, UC IPM.
From Soil to Science: Article

Tree-of-heaven is a preferred host for two invasive insect pests

October 16, 2020
By Cindy Kron
This article appeared in CAPCA Adviser, October 2020, pages 40-44. CA Association of Pest Control Advisers It is not uncommon for commercial agriculture to share a common boundary with riparian, forested or urban areas in California.
View Article
Primary Image
UCCE- Agritourism Urgency Ordinance Infographic

County Urgency Ordinance Encourages Agritourism

September 4, 2020
Agriculture in Sonoma County is a core industry and there is concern that small agricultural operations in particular will have a difficult time adjusting to and recovering from the Shelter In Place and this could jeopardize access to local agricultural products.
View Article