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Forget Spotify Wrapped – can you guess which pests received the most hits on UC IPM’s Pests Notes page this year? Here are the top ten pests that made your year: (1) Carpet Beetles For several years, carpet beetles have been in the top 5 on our playlist. Immature carpet beetles feed on…
Interested in growing food in an urban, small-scale setting? Join us for a full-day workshop covering the fundamentals of urban agriculture. Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Location: Carlsbad Flower Fields Barn, 5704 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad, CA 92008 Cost: …
Rain is wonderful stuff. If it comes and washes the accumulated salts of the last several years out of the root zones of citrus and avocado, that's a good thing. But what happens if there is a little too much of the good stuff? In the winter of 2005, Venture got over 40” of rain, which is 200% of what is…
Interested in growing food in an urban, small-scale setting? Join us for a full-day workshop covering the fundamentals of urban agriculture.Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: Carlsbad Flower Fields Barn, 5704 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad, CA 92008Cost: $20Topics include: land…
A new review published in the Journal of Nutrition highlights how children’s and adolescents’ nutrition—and its impact on health, learning, and development—is shaped by a complex nutrition ecology that extends beyond individual dietary intake. The paper is part of the Biomarkers of Nutrition for…
Happy New Year! Yolo County residents are invited to learn about fruit tree care with Bonnie Berman, UC Master Gardener of Yolo County at the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency Bauer Building in Woodland. This free interactive class is presented by the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency…
Wednesdays • January 14 – March 18, 2026 • noon-1:15pm presentation and Q&A, 1:15pm-2pm optional office hours • Free virtual seriesHosted by CAFF, UC Organic Agriculture Institute (UC OAI), and UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE)Thinking about transitioning your crop operation to organic? Join us for a ten…
We have a winner!Drum roll...the winner of the 2026 Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest, sponsored by the Bohart Museum of Entomology is Lesley Hamamoto of Sacramento.She photographed a black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on manzanita at 9…
