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California Naturalists are getting ready to participate in and around their homes for the City Nature Challenge 2020, April 24-27! If you want to participate, find out if your city is on the list this year. They told us using the survey what they are looking forward to seeing in their city.

While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.

Douglas W. Tallamy NATURE'S BEST HOPE: A NEW APPROACH TO CONSERVATION THAT STARTS IN YOUR YARD. Timber Press, 2019 Portland, Oregon 254 pages. Douglas W. Tallamy BRINGING NATURE HOME: HOW YOU CAN SUSTAIN WILDLIFE WITH NATIVE PLANTS Timber Press, 2007 Portland, Oregon 265 pages.

Goulson, Dave A STING IN THE TAIL MY ADVENTURES WITH BUMBLE BEES Picador Publishing 2013 New York, NY 256 pages Goulson, Dave A BUZZ IN THE MEADOW, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A FRENCH FARM Picador Publishing 2014 New York, NY 266 pages With all the buzz about bees and pollinators, I have over the last f...

The Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) submitted on April 22, 2020 comments in strong opposition to the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Simplifying Meal Service and Monitoring Requirements in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs proposed rule.

PPE in short supply for farm work during the COVID-19 crisis While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.

COVID-19 is not to be taken lightly, says James R. Carey, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, who will share his scientific modeling expertise at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 webinar on Thursday afternoon, April 23. The webinar, to be broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live from 1:30 to 4 p.m.

[From the UC IPM Pests in the Landscape Blog] Every April, we celebrate Earth Day and think about ways we can help make our planet healthier.

In this issue: Meeting Announcements.... 2 Cloth Towel Hygeine.......... 3 Mental Health...................... 3 Animal Science at UCD...... 3 CDFA Funds Available...... 4 UC Dairy Conference.........

While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.