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A visitor gets acquainted with an Australian stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A New Look for UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 3, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis undergraduate students are in for a scientific treat. When the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day takes place Sunday, March 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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UC Cooperative Extension Imperial County: Article

February 2022

February 3, 2022
CROPMANAGE HANDS-ON WORKSHOP - BRINGING IRRIGATION AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT DECISION - SUPPORT TOOL TO THE FIELD AGENDA (COACHELLA) CROPMANAGE HANDS-ON WORKSHOP - BRINGING IRRIGATION AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT DECISION - SUPPORT TOOL TO THE FIELD AGENDA (IMPERIAL) CALIFORNIA LOW DESERT VIRTUAL ALFALFA P...
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute welcomes Monica Zuercher

February 3, 2022
By Danielle Lee
The Nutrition Policy Institute welcomed Monica Zuercher on February 1, 2022 as an assistant project scientist. Dr. Zuercher is a nutritional epidemiologist with experience in teaching, health research, data analysis, scientific communication, and nutrition interventions.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Wendi Gosliner speaks about advocacy and food policy at the UC Berkeley and Plant Futures ‘Symposium–2022, The Countdown: Exploring the Future of Plant-Centric Food Systems’

February 3, 2022
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie
Wendi Gosliner, senior researcher and policy advisor at the Nutrition Policy Institute, spoke on a panel on policy and advocacy on January 28 at a virtual symposium hosted by the University of California, Berkeley and Plant Futures.
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A single tree with a white painted trunk.
The Backyard Gardener: Article

Whitewashing Trees

February 3, 2022
By Dustin W Blakey
Earlier this week a friend posted on Twitter about temperatures at their place expected to go from 68F one day to 28F the next. Here in the Eastern Sierra we do that just about every day! Wide temperature swings can cause environmental injury to trees.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Spring Garden Readiness

February 3, 2022
By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County As the new year gets underway, we start dreaming of what our gardens will be like in the spring and summer. he urge to garden should be rising within you. Even if it is cold and wet there are things you can start planning and doing.
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photo credit Randall Metting
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Mexico and Me

February 3, 2022
Growing up my parents would try to take my siblings and me to Mexico every year when they could. That way we would be able to see our grandmothers, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Both of my parents we born and grew up in the state of Jalisco. Their towns are about 120 miles apart from each other.
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