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November is a prime month to enjoy pomegranates, which grow well in the Central Sierra and most of California. In fact, more than 90% of all the pomegranates grown for sale in the U.S. are produced here in California, where they enjoy sunny, dry summers.

If you missed this year's California Rice VIRTUAL Field Day, you can view it here. California Rice Virtual Field Day The full recording can be viewed here.

In times of drought and fire, gardeners can truly be heroes. What we plant, where we plant, and how we tend the plantings can individually and collectively impact our water supply, fire resistance, and stressed bird, bee, and insect populations.

One can see here from the picture kindly provided by Doug Thomas of Crown Nursery that the cold of late is having an effect.

A colleague recently posed a rhetorical question, Why do we need naturalists? It gets to the question, Why is the UC California Naturalist program important?

Original source: UC ANR Employee News CAPCA honors Wilen for "Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture" Cheryl Wilen, UCCE integrated pest management advisor emeritus for San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles counties, received the 2020 Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture award by the California Asso...

The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, won't be the site of a Halloween party this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic precautions. But oh, the memories! "Friends of the Bohart" annually host the fun-filled event.

Californians have been dealing with wildfires, the pandemic, power shutdowns, excessive heat and drought, sometimes all at the same time. In every county, UC Cooperative Extension is there to assist community members.

Join UCCE's Grain Cropping Systems Specialist, Mark Lundy next week (11 a.m. on November 6th, 2020) for a presentation on nitrogen management in California Small Grains (hosted by the California Wheat Commission and Golden State Grains). Dr.

In California, most ghost towns were created when a local industry collapsed. Now, climate change is more often to blame when booming communities whither and die, reported Daniel Cusick in E&E News.