Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Blog by Peter WilsonI began the Wilson Flock of Cluckers after a family reunion in Kauai, HI, in July of 2013. By August, I had baby chicks arriving. I began researching the best way to raise chickens naturally. I…

En un estado como California, donde la agricultura es pilar de la economía, es fácil suponer que nuestros programas educativos llegan a todas las personas que trabajan la tierra. Pero durante mucho tiempo, un grupo esencial ha sido ignorado: los trabajadores del campo.Por eso el reciente seminario presentado…

In a state like California, where agriculture is a pillar of the economy, it’s easy to assume that our educational programs reach everyone who works the land. But for far too long, one essential group has been overlooked: farmworkers.That’s why the recent webinar led by Katherine Jarvis-Shean and a team of…

 Tributes are pouring in for renowned chemical ecologist Jeffrey Richard Aldrich (1949-2025), a longtime researcher at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center,  USDA Agricultural Research Service, who retired in 2011 and then worked with UC Davis researchers for a decade.Aldrich was considered…

In the last month there have been sightings of a stink bug on avocado fruit and stems in the Santa Paula/Fillmore area. The bug feeds on the stems of mature fruit, causing damage to the stem, creating wounds that leak white sugar exudate on the stem that drips on to the fruit. The weakened stem, can’t hold…