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Upcoming winter meetings: December 16: Regenerative agriculture listening session January 14: Advances in irrigation management workshop February 4: Madera County Almond Day The agenda and locations of these meetings can be found in the attached newsletter.

As of 11:59pm on Giving Tuesday 2024 your generosity helped raise $6,320 for the UC Master Gardener Program of Orange County! Donations we received from the day will help ensure Orange County Master Gardeners continue to provide knowledge and essential resources for healthier gardens and more sustai...

Take the following steps to keep your plants healthy and pest-free this winter. Refer to the UC IPM Seasonal Landscape IPM Checklist for more monthly pest management to-dos for your region so you can prevent pests and their damage in the garden and landscape.

Fires are common and we usually just think of the effects it has on plants and structures, but what impact can it have on soil. I recently came across a guide book from the US Forest Service that addresses how to evaluate fire impact on soil. Following wildfires in the United States, the U.S.

Based on early projections, 478,000 acres of rice were planted this year. This is down 37,000 acres from last year. Lower acreage is in part due to a large rainfall event on May 4 and 5 which prevented some planting.

Over the Thanksgiving holiday week, American consumers tossed out about 200 million pounds of turkey, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. In fact, American consumers waste 60 million tons of food a year, statistics show.

Your donation to the UC Master Gardeners of Orange County supports our mission to foster gardens, growth, and community. With your help, we: Educate through talks at libraries and community events. Share knowledge at the OC Fair and local outreach programs.

This issue contains: Trinity 4-H Events 2025Enrollment for 2024-20252025 Workshops for 4-H Project LeadersFavorite Foods Day Nov 2024Trinity Alps 4-H NewsLivestock Project ScholarshipAnimal Project Exhibition RequirementsNational 4-H Thriving ModelTrinity Alps 4-H Poster

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Policy Brief • December 2024 • Download PDF (284 KB) “Ideally, we would like a reimbursement for all the meals that we serve, which is five. But if I have a secondary choice, I would want to be reimbursed four meals, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus either AM snack or PM snack.” – Family childcare…