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Entering its 57th year, World Ag Expo is the largest annual outdoor agricultural tradeshow in the world. The World Ag Expo, held in Tulare each February, showcases the latest in agricultural innovation and education.

The summer fruit harvesting continues. We've had some hot days. I'm still waiting for the passion fruit to ripen. The grapes in the side yard are starting to ripen. But not quite as sweet as they could be. I know, because I've been eating them off the vine. The blackberries are ripening also.

How much do you know about praying mantises? The Bohart Museum of Entomology is hosting an open house, themed "Praying Mantises," on Sunday, Aug. 27 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus. It is free and family friendly.

California Women for Agriculture will host the American Agri-Women's 48th annual meeting in Sacramento on Nov. 1-5. The event will be held at the Embassy Suites in Old Town Sacramento. Tours for attendees and guests will explore the diverse agriculture of Northern California.

Welcome to "Thriving Forward," which is a blog dedicated to "promoting healthy people and communities.

A green bottle fly lands on a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in a Vacaville pollinator garden.

Please see attached for the 2023 Kern County Potato Variety Trial results...

About 15 years ago, Mary Maser saw an ad in the classified section of her local newspaper for a job opening with the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program serving San Diego County.

In California, Italian ryegrass [Lolium perenne L. spp. multiflorum (Lam.) Husnot] has been around for a long time and is a major weed in orchards, vineyards, field crops, fallow fields, and so on. It grows vigorously in winter and early spring.

A nonprofit serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in El Dorado County, MORE has found kindred spirits in helping their clients live fuller and healthier lives the staff and volunteers of University of California Master Gardeners and CalFresh Healthy Living, UC.