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Four staff research associates will join the ranks of UC Cooperative Extension scientists in the coming months to support nut crop advisors conducting critical research in walnut, almond and pistachio production.

Welcome, Danaus plexippus! A monarch butterfly, the first of the year, fluttered through our family pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. last Sunday and hung around for about two hours. We clocked him in at 5 p.m. and he exited around 7.

Nearly two tons of fruit and vegetables grown at UC's Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC) in Santa Paula have been donated to Food Forward and the Ventura Unified School District, destined for children and families.

If you are a staff employee, you should be receiving UCnetwork a monthly e-newsletter for UC staff systemwide.

The Buzz about Hedgerows Hedgerows are an approved practice under California Department of Agriculture's Healthy Soils Grant Program. That means, growers are eligible to receive grant funding for planting hedgerows.

In 2019, my colleague Sarah Light (UCCE Agronomy Advisor: Sutter-Yuba and Colusa counties) and myself were in Year 2 of a Healthy Soils Demonstration Project in Sutter County, CA. Our field site was planted to tomatoes and was in it's first year of certified organic production.

by Melody Kendall Spring is amazing! The plants in the garden, seemingly overnight, leap out of the ground in a mind- boggling array of varying shades of green and early bloomers. I find that I, too, am rejuvenated and invigorated with the crisp cool mornings and warm breezy afternoons.

We hope you can join us Tuesday night at 6 p.m. for our Native Pollinator Gardening class. If you signed up, you should have received two emails. A confirmation email, and a second email with the Zoom Webinar Link and password. If you didn't receive an email from ucmgstanislaus@ucanr.

One of the things I enjoy most about cooperative extension is the opportunity to organize hands-on learning activities.

Here's news we hope you find useful, including food preservation resources, a new podcast, and a reading recommendation. The citrus IPM advisor will help fill the role of retiring UCCE citrus entomology specialist Beth Grafton-Cardwell and will be based at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center.