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Current recommendations encourage caregivers of young children to delay the introduction of sugar-sweetened beveragesbeverages with added sugars such as soda, sweetened fruit drinks like lemonade, sweetened teas, and sports drinksuntil after the child turns two-years old.

If you ever thought of getting a house plant, or enjoy growing house plants, then check out the book My House Plant Changed My Life, by David Domoney (DK Publishing, 2021), available for loan from the Solano County Library. Don't let the title fool you.

by koestoyo University of Florida researchers publish award-winning findings on orange grove design to produce fruit under HLB FORT PIERCE, Fla. The American Society for Horticultural Science will honor University of Florida scientists for new guidelines citrus growers may apply to their operations.

November 10, 2021 Sobering findings in reduced soil disturbance organic vegetable production farm evaluations For the past three years, a group of experienced organic vegetable farmers along with several University and private sector partners has been evaluating a host of reduced tillage or soil dis...

November 10, 2021 Fresno State Plant Science researchers begin year 5 of cover crop roller study New paradigms for crop production are being tested in what has now evolved to be the fifth straight year of research by Fresno State researchers on the use of a roller crimper to kill winter cover crops...

Become a UC Master Food Preserver! The San Joaquin County UC Master Food Preserver Program is now accepting applications for our 2022 training. The application deadline is December 17, 2021.

UC ANR's IT team worked tirelessly on emergency migrations to get all web applications and websites back up and running while addressing reported glitches. It is a very manual process as some of these applications are over 15 years old.

Halloween is over, but the misinformation spread about spiders never will be. Some folks just despise spiders. A Facebook post that went viral has resulted in USA Today setting the record straight today (Nov. 9) by conferring with UC Davis arachnologist Jason Bond.

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