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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Hot Haiku

July 25, 2023
Fireworks are over Heat has arrived Garden smart and keep everything alive (plants and you)...
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI’s Wendi Gosliner appointed to National Institute of Health working group tasked to better understand the intersection of food systems, diet, nutrition, and health in a changing environment

July 24, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner
Nutrition Policy Institute's senior researcher Wendi Gosliner was recently appointed as a workgroup member to the National Institutes of Health, Agriculture and Diet: Value Added for Nutrition, Translation and Adaptation in a Global Ecology, also known as the ADVANTAGE Project.
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A male leafcutter bee lands on a spent flower. He is not alone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Good Morning for a Bee

July 24, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a beautiful morning and life is good. A male leafcutter bee (genus Megachile) drops down on a spent flower in a Vacaville pollinator garden. He's warming his flight muscles, ready to greet the day--and maybe a female of his species. Mr.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Is that Thistle Native or Invasive?

July 24, 2023
By Thomas J Getts
Ten years ago, Guy Kyser wrote an excellent blog on the identification of Northern California's Big Three invasive thistles.
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UC Master Food Preservers of Tulare County: Article

A Journey to the Past: Food Preservation

July 22, 2023
While planting my summer garden, I thought of the abundance of food I would receive from the land, optimistic that this year would be better than the last few. The weather was milder than in previous years, and I could put more veggies in the ground. There was still a begging question: "What will I do with…
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A youth checks out the moth displays during a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

What Will You See at Bohart Museum Open House

July 21, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What will you see at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22? The event, "A Night at the Museum," is free and family friendly.
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Clinical signs of vesicular stomatitis in cattle
Livestock & Range: Article

Vesicular Stomatitis Virus: An Unwelcome Guest in Livestock’s Mouth

July 21, 2023
By Roselle C Busch, Gabriele U Maier
July 2023 On May 18, 2023, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus was detected in a horse premises in San Diego County. Since then, several more counties in the southern half of California have reported positive cases of vesicular stomatitis, mainly in horses.
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