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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Indoor Seed Starting

January 30, 2024
By Help Desk Team
Many of us have seed catalogs arriving in the mail this month, so now is the time to start thinking about your summer garden. We are publishing this article again because starting plants from seed is a great way to lower costs and increase the variety in your vegetable garden.
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A portrait of a lady beetle, aka ladybug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Ladybug: Luck Be a Lady?

January 29, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's not often that entomology and football mesh. But that was the case when San Francisco 49'ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk credited his spectacular 51-yard catch in Sunday's NFC championship game with the Detroit Lions to a ladybug landing on his shoe before the game.
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When to Start Seeds Indoors

January 29, 2024
By Anne E Schellman
In order to determine when to start your spring/summer vegetables indoors, you need to know your estimated last frost date. The following link from UC Davis gives a chart showing estimated last and first frost dates for areas in California. California Gardening ~ https://cagardenweb.ucanr.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Intermountain REC calls for research proposals

January 29, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Intermountain Research and Extension Center is soliciting proposals for new and continuing research projects in 2024-25. IREC is a 140-acre research facility located at 4,000 feet elevation near the Oregon border.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Study examines differences in California parent’s perceptions of school meals during COVID by race and ethnicity

January 29, 2024
By Brianna Aguayo Villalon, Wendi Gosliner, Monica D Zuercher
In May 2020, running until the end of the 2021-2022 school year, the US Congress authorized the US Department of Agriculture to issue nationwide waivers that allowed all schools to provide universal free school meals to mitigate the impacts of school closures as well as the broader economic challeng...
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Livestock, Range and Natural Resources: Article

Winter 2024 Supplement

January 29, 2024
In this Supplement: Free Webinar on February 29: learn about the California Rancher Sustainability Assessment Beef Cattle Health Webinar Series, Tuesdays in February New UC Poultry Health App needs early users USDA NAHMS Sheep Study 2024...
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