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UC Master Gardener Program of Alameda County: Event

Talk: Growing Herbs (Hayward)

Event Date
Oct 18, 2025

Many perennial herbs are hardy, low-water use plants that add interest and scent to your garden.  Of course, they also have the added benefit of spicing up your food!  Learn what types of plants are perennial herbs, how to grow them, where to grow them, and how you can incorporate them as container…
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Talk: Edible Landscaping (Oakland)

Event Date
Oct 11, 2025

What are all the essentials you need to know to be a successful vegetable gardener?  We'll review the importance of selecting the planting site for sun/shade, improving and preparing your soil, watering, mulching, fertilizing, deciding what to plant, and keeping pests at an acceptable level. Making the…
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Talk: Container Gardening (Oakland)

Event Date
Sep 13, 2025

Containers can expand your garden, or even be your entire garden. They are very popular due to its flexibility in that you can grow plants almost anywhere, and containers can be moved around to have the best exposure to sunlight for that particular time of year, and plants can easily be grown organically…
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Talk: Tomato Tasting and Seed Saving (Hayward)

Event Date
Sep 6, 2025

Here's your chance to show off your very best tomatoes!  We'll do a tomato tasting and also review how to save tomato seeds. This event is free.
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UC Master Food Preserver: Article

A Delicious Barbeque Sauce from Tomato Powder (September 2025)

August 30, 2025
By Travis R Alexander
Monica Gross, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Image Credit: Monica Gross, 2025.  Can you imagine an activity that allows you to experience all of your five senses? Cooking and preparing food are just such activities! Allow me to walk you through an experience that involved…
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UC Master Food Preserver: Article

What’s the buzz? -- Infants and Honey (September 2025)

August 30, 2025
By Travis R Alexander
Kirsten Hansen, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Image Credit: Kirsten Hansen, 2025.  I recently gave birth to my first child, which means that I left behind the many recommendations about what pregnant people should and should not eat and have entered the world of what…
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UC Master Food Preserver: Article

Spotlight: Jadrian Johnson, Class of 2025 MFP Volunteer (September 2025)

August 30, 2025
By Travis R Alexander
Jadrian Johnson UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Los Angeles Image credit: Jadrian Johnson, 2025. There is a unique alchemy in food preservation, a practice that feels just as much a form of time travel as it does domestic science. Within a simple jar, we can…
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UC ANR brand refresh coming soon

August 30, 2025
By Linda Forbes
UC ANR will soon be rolling out a modern, authentic and unified brand portfolio that will raise the profile of UC ANR and our programs and institutes – while promoting brand cohesiveness and impact.
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Names in the News

August 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Marnocha named Vice Provost for Research and Program Integration  Erin Marnocha will join UC ANR on Sept. 2 as Vice Provost for Research and Program Integration. In this position, she will oversee the program areas, program teams, and statewide programs and institutes. “We are excited to…
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Celebration Corner

August 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC Cooperative Extension advisors brought home awards from the 2025 National Association of Agricultural Agents Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference.
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