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Nutrition Policy Institute researcher, Celeste Felix, will present evaluation findings showing reductions in solid waste when a large, urban California school district transitioned from reheated pre-packaged school meals served with single-use disposables to freshly prepared meals served with reusab...

Change is in the air. Weather, daylight savings, politics, holiday decorations, and yes, websites. You may have noticed the UC Statewide IPM Program's website is undergoing some style changes.

Tail length, fur color, eye size, ear shape and nose structure are some of the characteristics highlighted during the Rodent Speed Dating ID activity at West Coast Rodent Academy (WCRA). If you thought you would find rats at WCRA, you wouldn't be wrong.

The invasive pest spotlight focuses on emerging or potential invasive pests in California. In this issue we are covering the Mediterranean fruit fly. Mediterranean Fruit Fly Facts The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, commonly called Medfly, attacks more than 260 different plant species.

In October, Vice President Glenda Humiston, Associate Vice President Brent Hales, and Research and Extension Center directors Ashraf El-kereamy and Atef Swelam attended three global food and agriculture events in Italy, met with key leaders of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN...

When: December 3rd, 2024 Where: UC Cooperative Extension Monterey County Agriculture Conference Room 1432 Abbott St, Salinas, CA 93901 Join us for our first-ever Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Agriculture.

When you think of conifers trees and shrubs that produce cones -- you probably picture a towering redwood tree or Monterey cypress sweeping over a blustery cliff.

You may not have heard of USDA plant explorers David Fairchild and Palemon Howard Dorsett, but they are among those who have had the greatest impact on what we eat in the United States.

Plant root veggies, greens, brassicas like broccoli and cauliflower. Think about cool season flowers, native plants, winter blooming bulbs for outdoors.

Predators employ a diversity of behavioral and morphological adaptations to successfully capture their insect prey, UC Davis doctoral candidates Christofer Brothers and Emma Em Jochim told the crowd at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house.