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COVID-19

Outdoor activities with youth and adults: No face masks required. Indoor activities: Face masks required for everyone. Post the sign about facemasks (PDF) Wearing a mask and maintaining a minimum of 3 feet between participants is required for indoor activities.
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Urban Forestry

Invasive tree pests are threatening the integrity of the urban forest in Southern California. Particularly, two species of invasive beetles (the invasive shot-hole borers and the gold-spotted oak borer) are affecting thousands of trees in urban landscapes and adjacent natural areas.
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Human & Wildlife Interactions

In Southern California, human-wildlife conflicts include increasingly critical issues, such as negative impacts of wild or feral mammals and birds in agricultural production, food safety, public health and safety, forestry, and natural resource conservation.
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Lectures and Resources

UC Ag and Natural Resources: Avocado Home Orchard Info (Pests, Site selection, watering, planting, training, pruning, fertilizing, sanitation, harvesting & storage and more) UC Cooperative Extension Ventura: Avocado Handbook UC Integrated Pest Management: Guidelines for Avocados UC Riverside Departm...
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Lectures & Culinary Demos

The Avocado Wrap Up: Question and Answer session Join Eric Focht, avocado researcher from UC Riverside, Paul Spitzzeri, Director of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, and Greg Rager, UC Master Gardener of Orange County to answer your questions about all things avocado! VIDEO Culinary Ex...
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Schedule of Events

Audio and video recordings will be available here on their respective day, and on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @ucsouthcoast.
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Avocado Festival & Education Academy

Join us as we spend the week celebrating and learning about all things avocado! We'll have contests and giveaways for the whole family, cooking demonstrations, and online seminars covering topics like breeding and cultural practices, history of avocados in southern California, commercial varieties,...
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