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Zoom access changes on Friday, Sept. 17

September 13, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
In recent weeks, there have been availability issues for Zoom authentication through the ANR portal resulting from ANR Portal downtimes. To provide stability and uninterrupted access to Zoom, we are removing the dependency on the Portal to log into the Zoom account. On Friday, Sept. 17, at 5:00 p.m.
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An energetic honey bee heads for a cape mallow (Anisodontea sp. "Strybing Beauty"), only to find it closed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Sorry, We're Closed? Not the California Master Beekeeper Program!

September 13, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Sorry, we're closed! What's a honey bee to do when one of her favorite flowers, cape mallow (Anisodontea sp. "Strybing Beauty") is not open for bees-ness. Well, leave it to the bee to find a way. We recently witnessed a honey bee encountering a yet-to-open flower in the early morning.
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Vegetable Judging at fair

September 13, 2021
Dear 4-H families, It is fair time! We have many vegetable judging this year at Santa Cruz and San Benito fairs. See the information for San Benito fair. The 4-H staff will be at Santa Cruz fair this week with the 4-H exhibitors, if you need help from the 4-H staff please call my cell 831-205-3180.
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New NPI report details methods used by California Local Health Departments for documenting SNAP-Ed–CalFresh Healthy Living–interventions

September 13, 2021
By Danielle Lee, Christina M Becker, Carolyn D Rider, Lorrene D Ritchie
The USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is an evidence-based program that helps low-income individuals live healthier lives through education, social marketing, and policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes.
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Welcome! New Program Coordinator Leah Taylor

September 13, 2021
By Melissa G Womack
Leah Taylor San Diego County leataylor@ucanr.edu Please join us in welcoming Leah Taylor as the new UC Master Gardener Program coordinator in San Diego County.
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A Certified Pollinator Garden

September 13, 2021
By Dustin W Blakey
The native plant garden at the Eastern Sierra Visitors Center (ESVC) is now a Certified Pollinator Garden! The Eastern Sierra Land Trust (ESLT)'s Eastside Pollinator Garden Project encourages the creation of pollinator-friendly gardens in Inyo and Mono County.
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