Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

As I write this blog post, I'm wrapping up my first official day as the Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension Central Sierra office, based in San Andreas! While I'm new to this office, I feel a bit like I'm coming home again I grew up just to the south outside of...

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.

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In this issue: Rita Clemons summarizes the UC Master Gardener Riverside County (MGRC) Organization Development plan; Debbra Corbin-Euston invites us to the Grow Lab Plant Sale on 10/12; Pam Elias and Margaret Parascand share our tour of CR&R Environmental Services; Anne Platzer paints the Great Copp...

What's more fun that netting a butterfly? Netting two (or more) butterflies. UC Davis doctoral candidate and dragonfly researcher Christofer Brothers showed youngsters how to net butterflies--paper butterflies, that is--at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sept. 28.

Bajo un radiante sol y con gran entusiasmo, 240 nios de primer grado, provenientes de diversas escuelas primarias del sur del condado de Butte, se reunieron para una visita especial a la granja de arroz de la familia Schohr, que por ms de seis generaciones, ha dedicado su vida al cultivo de arroz en...

The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, commonly known as CACFP, provides tiered reimbursements to family childcare homes to ensure children in low-income communities have access to healthy meals.

Fall is finally here! Things may be slowing down in our gardens and landscapes, but don't forget to check for pests and take steps to prevent them from returning next year. The UC IPM Seasonal Landscape IPM Checklist is a monthly guide to help you avoid common pests of landscape plants.