Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

This month, Sierra Foothill REC recognized and congratulated two of our staff members on reaching new service milestones. Martin Beaton has given 40 years and Abraham Mendoza has given 25 years of service to SFREC.

Starting Monday, Dec. 17, ANR's help desk team will begin offering virtual office hours to answer questions about the multifactor authorization app Duo. The Zoom link to the Duo Clinic is ucanr.zoom.us/s/491057944. Join any time between 9 and 11 a.m.

By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, December 14, 2018 I first heard the term on the local evening news: Meteorologist Kris Kuyper was talking about hydrophobic soils.

Joanne Ikeda, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist emeritus in the Department of Nutrition and Toxicology at UC Berkeley for 36 years, died on Nov. 27. She was 74. She was highly respected for her research on the food habits of minority populations living in California.

Starting Monday, Dec. 17, ANR's help desk team will begin offering virtual office hours to answer questions about enrolling in Duo, the multifactor authorization app designed to improve cybersecurity. The Zoom link to the Duo Clinic is ucanr.zoom.us/s/491057944. Join any time between 9 a.m.

If you're looking for the perfect "bugly" entomological gift, be sure to stop by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis.

Crown gall is one of the most common diseases observed in commercial walnut orchards in California. The disease, caused by a plant pathogenic bacterium, is easy to identify based on symptomology alone.

Director, Western Integrated Pest Management Center Academic Coordinator III AP #18-08 AP #10-03 Location Headquarters: UC ANR Building, Second Street, Davis, California SUBMISSION DATE: To assure full consideration, submit application materials by February 15, 2019.

Imagine turning kitchen leftovers into an indoor garden and at the same time reinforcing concepts of recycling and reusing. Kitchen Scrap Gardening does just that! HAREC is preparing for 2019 education season. This spring a new second grade classroom outreach lesson will roll out.

R.H. "Hank" Sciaroni, UC Cooperative Extension advisor emeritus, passed away on Sept. 30, 2018. He was 95. Sciaroni, who served UCCE as a farm advisor and director for close to 40 years, was instrumental in establishing UC Cooperative Extension in San Mateo and San Francisco counties.