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Climate Smart Agriculture: Article

Welcome to our newest CES in Santa Cruz county, Bailey Smith-Helman!

July 25, 2023
By Caddie Bergren
Bailey Smith-Helman is our newest Community Education Specialist with the UC ANR Climate Smart Agriculture Program based in Santa Cruz County. She is excited to provide technical assistance to growers interested in climate smart agriculture practices.
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Waxy excretion on grapevine trunk. (Photo: Barbara Miller)
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

Candle wax on grapevine?

July 25, 2023
Ever see a white, cottony looking, waxy mess on the trunk of your grapevines? And other locations? No, it's not candle wax. This sticky, cottony mess is the secretion of a waxy material by vine mealybugs.
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photo by Kathy Gunther
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Hot Haiku

July 25, 2023
Fireworks are over Heat has arrived Garden smart and keep everything alive (plants and you)...
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI’s Wendi Gosliner appointed to National Institute of Health working group tasked to better understand the intersection of food systems, diet, nutrition, and health in a changing environment

July 24, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner
Nutrition Policy Institute's senior researcher Wendi Gosliner was recently appointed as a workgroup member to the National Institutes of Health, Agriculture and Diet: Value Added for Nutrition, Translation and Adaptation in a Global Ecology, also known as the ADVANTAGE Project.
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A male leafcutter bee lands on a spent flower. He is not alone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Good Morning for a Bee

July 24, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a beautiful morning and life is good. A male leafcutter bee (genus Megachile) drops down on a spent flower in a Vacaville pollinator garden. He's warming his flight muscles, ready to greet the day--and maybe a female of his species. Mr.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Is that Thistle Native or Invasive?

July 24, 2023
By Thomas J Getts
Ten years ago, Guy Kyser wrote an excellent blog on the identification of Northern California's Big Three invasive thistles.
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UC Master Food Preservers of Tulare County: Article

A Journey to the Past: Food Preservation

July 22, 2023
While planting my summer garden, I thought of the abundance of food I would receive from the land, optimistic that this year would be better than the last few. The weather was milder than in previous years, and I could put more veggies in the ground. There was still a begging question: "What will I do with…
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