Ongoing research

This summer three UCCE programs including CalFresh Healthy Living, Master Food Preservers, and Master Gardeners collaborated with local libraries to teach nutrition, gardening, and food preservation skills to families through the Lompoc Library Learn and Grow series and the Santa Maria Teens Club.

The weather profile remains dry and drought conditions may continue through the fall.

CDFA has recorded a second detection of Bactrocera tryoni Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) in Ventura County. This tiny but troublesome pest was found in a residential neighborhood of Thousand Oaks.

Located between playing fields and pickleball courts along a popular bikeway into the main CSU Chico campus, the Biological Sciences Greenhouse is a state-of-the-art botanical and agricultural research facility.

When I was a kid growing up in the 1950's in Michigan, Fall was one of the happiest times of the year. With all the deciduous Maples, Oaks and Elms raining down those brilliant orange, red and yellow leaveswe felt like golden coins were cascading down on us.

Hello All, Here's your October 2023 Issue of the 4-H Roundup newsletter. If you are planning to re-join 4-H, Go to ZSuite.org. Our enrollment will be closing soon! Members taking a market animal, must be enrolled by December 31 of the current program year.

It is my pleasure to announce that Darren Haver has accepted the position of Director of the Research and Extension Center System, effective July 1, 2023. Darren, who joined UC ANR in 1999 as a postgraduate researcher, has worked his way up the UC Cooperative Extension ranks.

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