Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

This year marks the 12th anniversary of the annual Growing Healthy Children Walk/Run and the 5th year that the University of California CalFresh Nutrition Education Program in the Butte Cluster has co-chaired the event.

By Faith Kearns Rina Faletti received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. As a fellow with the UC Merced Center for the Humanities and in line with their focus on water, she curated an art exhibit on industrial photography and the Central Valley Project.

John Mola, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, won the graduate student research poster competition at the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium for his work on "Bumble Bee Movement and Landscape Genetics.

Working with the Geisseler Lab at UC Davis, we have been evaluating a number of commonly used organic amendments to understand when the nitrogen (N) applied with various amendments actually becomes available for plant use.

bilingualism is a relatively rare and a beautiful thing, and by true, I mean speaking two languages with the proficiency of a native something most of us will only dream of as we struggle with learning languages in school and beyond.

Drip Irrigation By Leslie E. Stevens UCCE Master Gardener I want to install more efficient methods to water my yard. Is drip irrigation the way to go? Ellen A. Paso Robles Drip irrigation can be a highly effective method of meeting many of your landscape's water needs.

Two weeks ago I had a chance to attend the UC Desert Farming symposium, a one day event that was organized by UCCE in Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino counties plus the Desert REC.

The Research and Extension Center (REC) System is a key component of UC ANR (Cooperative Extension + Agricultural Experiment Station + Research and Extension Centers + Statewide Programs).

It seems as though it was just yesterday that the weather was cold, windy, and drizzly; right now, it's just windy and a little chilly! Just the right weather to garden without layers of clothing on with the sunshine glowing brightly.

The following is a re-post from the trade journal Meating Place. USDA announced the agency has decided to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule published on January 19, 2017. The withdrawal becomes effective May 13, 2018.