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Dan Munk (left) and Michael Dowgert, the Fresno-based director of marketing for Netafim, an irrigation company.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Insight and optimism as the Water for Food Conference wraps up

June 1, 2012
By Jeannette Warnert
Farmers, researchers, consumers and policy makers are making progress toward addressing the challenge of producing food to feed a world population of 9 billion in 2050. The optimistic signs were everywhere on the closing day of the fourth annual Water for Food Conference in Lincoln, Neb., June 1.
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This millipede (Xystocheir dissecta) glows under ultraviolet light. Alexander Nguyen of the UC Davis Entomology Club captured this image on Alcatraz, during one of UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey's field trips.
Bug Squad: Article

They'll Light Up Your Life

May 31, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Most scorpions glow under an ultraviolet light, but now a discovery on Alcatraz Island reveals that a certain species of millipedes will, too.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

June 2012 Clover Lines

May 31, 2012
In this issue... Super Field Day and So. Section Field Day Wrap-Ups, Fair Information, Enrollment Information, and so much more...
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Egg of a California dogface butterfly. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
Bug Squad: Article

And Now, Your California State Insect...

May 30, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There's always something special going on at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus. But this Sunday, June 3, something even more special "may" occur. That's "may" because a California dogface butterfly "may" emerge from its chrysalis during the Bohart open house, set from 1 to 4 p.
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Water for Food Conference growers panel.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Water for Food Conference speakers address issues of importance to Californians

May 30, 2012
By Jeannette Warnert
The confluence of global climate change and population growth is brewing a perfect storm that threatens the availability of sufficient fresh water to grow food to feed the world by 2025, warned Colin Chartres, the director general of the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka.
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Yellow-faced bumble bee lands on The Morning Star. (Photo taken with an IPhone)
Bug Squad: Article

Bumble Bee's Daily Commute?

May 29, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've ever been to Angel Island or Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay, you may have seen them. Bumble bees. And sometimes if you're fishing in the Bay, a bumble bee may land on your boat.
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CASI and Water for Food leaders confer in Nebraska.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

CASI seeks collaborative partnership with the Water for Food Institute

May 29, 2012
By Jeannette Warnert
UC's Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) proposed the idea of creating a formal partnership with the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Water for Food Institute at a meeting May 29 with Water for Food executive director Roberto Lenton and senior research scientist Marc Andreini.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT // Aquatic Weed School 2012

May 29, 2012
By Gale Perez
Don't miss the following event: The Aquatic Weed School 2012 is an intensive 2-day course focusing on issues associated with developing weed management strategies in a variety of aquatic ecosystems.
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