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An informational campaign to raise awareness of COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination among migrant workers who speak Mexican indigenous languages has been created by Ricardo Vela, manager of News and Information Outreach in Spanish; Amira Resnick, statewide director of Community Nutrition and Health;...

More than 40 Cooperative Extension professionals from across the U.S. and outlying territories gathered recently in Tucson, Arizona, for Cooperative Extension's first national Climate Action Convening.

Although Master Gardeners know better, many people focus on summer gardening, especially of tomatoes in Yolo County. However, I find my winter garden at least as useful as my summer one. This is partly because of how I approach it. My vegetable garden is in raised beds, with one foot redwood sides.

WORKSHOP ON ADAPTING FRUIT AND NUT PRODUCTION PRACTICES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TO CHANGING AND VARIABLE CLIMATE Date: Thursday, March 7th, 2024; 8:30 am - 2:00 pm Location: International Agri-Center (Social Room) 4500 South Laspina Street - Tulare, CA 93274 With: UC Davis, UC Merced, UCCE Tulare...

Third Thursday Things from the Field Meeting Announcement - Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the UC Cooperative Extension Office, 821 E. South Street, Orland, CA 95963. Any questions, email Becky Wheeler-Dykes at bawheeler@ucanr.

In late January, the University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance co-hosted the 62nd Western Region International Plant Propagators' Society (WR-IPPS) Annual Meeting in Temecula.

Keep an eye out for this potential problem weed in southern California: Stipa capensis. First reported in 1995 in Riverside, this species is native to the Mediterranean and has established in the Coachella Valley of the Sonoran Desert.

The annual performance evaluation is an opportunity for staff and supervisors to recognize accomplishments, identify opportunities to build skills, and align individual efforts to high-level unit and division goals. The evaluation review period runs from April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

Professor Louie Yang's monarch and milkweed research at the University of California, Davis, is quite celebrated.

The Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination has opened online registration for its annual UC ANR Pesticide Policy Update Trainings.