Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

It's not uncommon for high school or college students to speak up and seek to improve their school environment. But at Evergreen Middle School in Tehama County, more than 100 sixth graders led the way to create healthy changes at their school.

UC IPM online courses are now up and running for the 2024 calendar year.

One of my favorite flowers is the Daffodil (Narcissus), they are part of the Amaryllidaceae family, grown from bulbs that go dormant in the winter months. Since the 1950's they have been a symbol of hope and resilience in the face of cancer.

As some of you know, 2023 was an incredibly difficult year for my family and me. My wife of 33 years, Samia, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer last February.

Back in October of 2020, we wrote about the newly published research of an international team of scientists involving the genome analysis of the western flower thrips, an invasive global agricultural pest that feeds on plants and spreads viruses.

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WORKSHOP ON ADAPTING FRUIT AND NUT PRODUCTION PRACTICES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TO CHANGING AND VARIABLE CLIMATE Date: Thursday, March 7th, 2024; 8:30 am - 2:00 pm Location: International Agri-Center (Social Room) 4500 South Laspina Street - Tulare, CA 93274 With: UC Davis, UC Merced, UCCE Tulare...

Dear Colleagues, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research is soliciting pre-proposals for their Seeding Solutions grant program. Seeding Solutions encourages the development of unique partnerships that support innovative and transformative research focused on one of our Research Priority Areas.

Attached you will find the Agenda for our Vegetable Production and IPM Zoom Webinar to be held Thursday, February 28, 2024. The registration link is at the top. Hope you can join us.

Northwest of Los Angeles, springtime brings native wildflowers to bloom in the Santa Monica Mountains. These beauties provide food for insects, maintain healthy soil and filter water seeping into the ground in addition to offering breathtaking displays of color.