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UC Environmental Stewards: Event

Climate Stewards Course with SEI Climate Corps

Apr 4, 2025 - Jul 25, 2025

SEI’s Climate Corps program is a bridge-to-career fellowship program that recruits and places rising climate professionals to implement climate change mitigation and resiliency projects. We are thrilled to offer the University of California Climate Stewards course to Fellows as a critical part of our…
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New study on California school meals shows that scratch-cooking and the use of organic and locally grown foods may reduce barriers to student meal participation

March 25, 2025
By Jean Aquino, Danielle Lee, Monica D Zuercher, Wendi Gosliner
A 2025 California study surveying 430 California school food authorities, SFAs, evaluated the use of scratch-cooked, organic, and locally grown foods in school meals. For many U.S. children, school meals contribute a significant portion of their diet and offer an opportunity to improve diet quality amid…
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Horn Worm on a tomato plant
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Apr 8, 2025

Integrated Pest Management--Managing pest with environmentally sound methods, and answers to your "bugly" problems.   Come and hear about multiple techniques for effective pest control that are the least toxic.  Discover methods to keep bad pests away and encourage beneficial insects, all…
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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UC Environmental Stewards: Event

California Naturalist Course with Nature For All 's Young Naturalist Training

Apr 5, 2025 - Jun 15, 2025

Nature for All’s Young Naturalist Training Program provides a free California Naturalist training designed for high school youth and young adults aged 16-26 from Panorama City and the greater San Fernando Valley.Young Naturalist Training Dates: April 5-June 15, 2025Delivery Mode: In-PersonContact:…
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UC Environmental Stewards: Event

California Naturalist Course with Nature For All's Leadership Academy

May 1, 2025 - Aug 1, 2025

The Leadership Academy is a long-term training program, established in 2011, to teach organizing and advocacy skills, civic engagement, and local community action. Since 2011, Nature for All has graduated more than 209 participants from diverse backgroundsLeadership Academy Cohort 22 Dates: May 1-August 1,…
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UC Environmental Stewards: Event

California Naturalist Course with Grassroots Ecology

Jun 17, 2025 - Aug 15, 2025

Grassroots Ecology's 9-week Naturalist Internship provides college students and recent graduates an opportunity to explore a career in environmental conservation and to deepen their understanding of California natural history. Through outdoor education and hands-on field training, interns gain local…
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UC Environmental Stewards: Event

California Naturalist Course with Effie Yeaw Nature Center

Mar 10, 2025 - May 19, 2025

The Effie Yeaw Nature Center offers the California Naturalist certification class in Carmichael (Sacramento County). The 40-hour course combines a science curriculum with guest lecturers, field trips and project-based learning to explore the unique ecology and natural history of California, with an…
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valley farmland
The Confluence: Article

Real Estate Values and Agricultural Transitions in the Central Valley

March 25, 2025
By Erik C Porse
By Erik Porse, Josh Viers, Aaron Shew, and Siddarth Kishore  The post summarizes findings from two studies presented in a panel session during workshops at UC Merced in October 2024, co-sponsored by the California Institute for Water Resources and Secure Water Future at UC Merced. In California’s…
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Tomato Vine with ripe tomatoes
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Grow It Now-Warm Season Vegtables

Apr 7, 2025

Now is the time to plant warm season vegetables to harvest over the summer months, following the #1 rule; plant what you and your family like to eat!   
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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UC Cooperative Extension Imperial County: Event

Vegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic Systems

May 1, 2025

Join UCCE Imperial County extension adviser's as they present theVegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic SystemsThis workshop will feature presentations on various aspects of agriculture in Southwest desert region including vegetable disease updates and management, emergent…
UC Cooperative Extension Imperial County
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