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Job opening with CDFA

August 15, 2018
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Annoucement: The Integrated Pest Control Branch of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Biological Control Program, is recruiting to fill an Agricultural Technician I in its Sacramento, Meadowview office.
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Meadow spittlebug nymph at the Bodega Marine Reserve. (Photo by Mikaela Huntzinger)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Meadow Spittlebugs Declining Rapidly Along the California Coastline

August 15, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Meadow spittlebugs, once very abundant on plants along the California coastline, are declining rapidly or vanishing from their previous habitats, according to ecologists Richard Karban and Mikaela Huntzinger of the University of California, Davis, co-authors of newly published research in the journa...
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photo by Jenni Dodini
Under the Solano Sun: Article

About Practicing What You Preach

August 15, 2018
Those of you who have ever worked with me, or have ever heard me speak, know that my favorite advice is, "Do your research." Well......I had the opportunity to do just that recently. I have been doing a garden make-over lately, and it rather got out of hand.
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The avocado, often thought of as a vegetable, is really a fruit and it's packed with potassium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Food Blog: Article

Why 'AA' is for Avocado Addict

August 15, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're like most of us, you go bananas for a banana for breakfast. It's healthy, nutritious and packed with potassium. But wait! You should probably go bananas for another fruit--that pear-shaped avocado. Did you know the avocado provides more potassium than a banana? It does.
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Bee Day - the World Round

August 14, 2018
By Ben A Faber
UC IPM Staff Writer Celebrate 2018 Honey Bee Day Celebrate National Honey Bee Day by brushing up on your knowledge of bee protectioncheck out the newly revised Best Management Practices to Protect Bees from Pesticides and Bee Precaution Pesticide Ratings from UC IPM.
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