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The University invites comments on proposed revisions to Section 036 of the Academic Personnel Manual: APM - 036, Employment Summarized below are the proposed key policy revisions that are being distributed for systemwide review.

Step into a seed library and you'll discover a wealth of seed collections and gardening knowledge. A seed library collects and stores seeds that allows gardeners to borrow donated seeds for free.

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers Kassandra Bacon and Ron Strochlic present with Hope Sippola of Spork Food Hub at the 2025 annual EcoFarm conference in Pacific Grove, CA.

La deteccin del hongo causante de la mancha ocre de la hoja urge a los agricultores a mantenerse vigilantes Loa sntomas de la mancha ocre de la hoja (RLB, por sus siglas en ingls), una enfermedad que ataca a las plantas causada por el hongo Polystigma amygdalinum, fue observado por primera vez en el...

Please join us at the Lompoc Library where UC Master Gardeners, CalFresh Healthy Living UC, and Master Food Preservers teach what plants need to grow in a fun and creative way. View flyer below for more information Wednesday, January 29, 2025 2 pm - 3:30 pm Lompoc Public Library 501 E.

As winter begins, it provides an opportunity to assess what is working in the garden and what isn't, including whether and how plants should be pruned, moved, or removed. Now that many plants have lost their leaves or are dormant, it is easier to assess potential edits to the garden.

Date: January 21, 2025 Subject: Passing of two of our former UCCE colleagues, Mary Bianchi and Bill Weitkamp Mary Bianchi, UC Cooperative Extension horticulture advisor emeritus, died on Nov. 4th, 2024. She was 67.

Laura Brainin-Rodriguez, ELT 2023-2025 Our UC Master Gardeners exemplify one of my favorite quotes from Margaret Mead, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.

By Marilyn Saarni, Co-Lead of the Firewise Gardening Project and Rescape-certified in Sustainable Firescaping The massive devastation and scope of the Los Angeles fires have touched all of us Californians.

When you read the newly published novel, Bee Club, (Nervous Ghost Press) by M.E.A.