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2019 Salinas Valley Weed School Contents: Tuesday, October 22nd we will be having our 2019 Salinas Valley Weed School at the Agricultural Center Conference Room, 1432 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901. Click on link for agenda. Continuing Education Credits have been approved.

There are several Hispanics/Latinx working at the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources UC ANR that provide services to communities statewide.

Zebra Plant By Andrea Peck UCCE Master Gardener Common Name of Plant: Zebra Plant Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis attenuata Planting Area: USDA Zone 11 Size: Up to 6 Bloom Season: Summer Exposure: Indirect bright light.

In this issue: - Teen Retreat Application - State Fashion Revue News - Livestock Field Day and Achievement Night Important Reminder: All returning youth members planning on participating in the 2020 County Fair must be fully enrolled in 4-H by Oct. 15, 2019.

Fact: Eighty percent of the world's population eat insects. Fact: At least 80 percent of those attending the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on entomophagy ate one or more insects--a cricket, an earthworm or a mealworm. The diners ranged in age from a 9-month-old girl to senior citizens.

Also in this Edition .. Kings County 4-H News Enrollment Council Mtg. Kings Fair Updates Staff Updates Achievement Night Pick your project 4-H Volunteer Info. Club & Project Updates State 4-H News Youth Science Day Community Service Projects Youth Summits Insert Ag-Ventures Youth Appli.

The initiative to engage Latino youth and families in the 4-H Youth Development Program, managed by the University of California has just issued their first year report.

Un aviso a todos que tomar lugar un evento breve de educacin agrcola de manejo de nitrgeno en la fresa de la Costa Central. Un buen contenido poniendo nfasis del uso de nitrgeno, sobre todo la utilidad de abonamiento preplantar, en el campo.

Just a head's up to everyone on a brief education event concerning nitrogen management in strawberry on the Central Coast. Good content featuring discussion on nitrogen use, especially the the utility of preplant fertilizer, in the field.

Reposted from UC Davis News Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity fires, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. These fires are turning patches of forest into shrub fields indefinitely, in some cases.