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More than 60 online lessons that emphasize healthy eating, active living and gardening are being developed for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade.
ANR Employee News: Article

Nutrition educators pivot to meet California’s needs during pandemic

August 14, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
CalFresh Healthy Living, UC and its UC Cooperative Extension community educators work in schools and community settings to give low-income children and families the opportunities and resources they need to eat right, stay active and lead healthy lives.
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A female Stagmomantis limbata nymph starts the day by hanging upside down: keeps the blood flowing and the heart pumping. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

How a Praying Mantis Seizes the Day

August 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're a praying mantis, it's important to start the day out right by meditating, praying, and exercising. Close your eyes and slow your breathing. Be grateful for what you have, not what you want. But it's permissible to dream big, as in a Megachile pluto instead of a Perdita minima.
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Uncle Dennis
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Victory Gardens

August 14, 2020
A brief history....also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks all over the world. People were encouraged to plant gardens in World War l and ll.
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Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County: Article

August 2020 Field Notes Newsletter

August 14, 2020
In this issue: Soil Health in Alfalfa Receiving Full and Deficit Irrigation Livestock Update Livestock Update Report of Cherry X-Disease Phytoplasma in Northern San Joaquin Valley "How To" Reminders for Summer Silage Harvest Sat Burn Injury or Almond Leaf Scorch Calendar of Events...
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citrus trhips scarring to mandarin
Topics in Subtropics: Article

IPM Insights into What Katydid

August 14, 2020
By Ben A Faber
The UC IPM Citrus Pest Management Guidelines has been updated to include new research out of the Rosenheim lab at UC Davis. Early-season pests like citrus thrips, earwigs, and katydids damage some types of mandarins differently. Learn how to adjust your management program accordingly.
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So Easy to Preserve recipe book, pressure canner, and finished jar of canned pinto beans
Food Blog: Article

Home preservation for whole foods, plant-based lifestyles

August 14, 2020
By Susan Mosbacher
How my training as a UC Master Food Preserver helped me become healthy after a heart attack. About three-quarters of the way into my certification training for the UCCE Master Food Preserver Program, I experienced a heart attack, which resulted in stent placements.
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Desert Willow blooms, Laura Kling
The Real Dirt: Article

The Desert Willow: A Beautiful Small Tree for Native Gardens

August 14, 2020
Someone needs to tell the Urban Forests Ecosystems Institute (UFEI) that their tree location map is missing the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) that was planted at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at Patrick Ranch several years ago.
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