Ongoing research

In early spring, I had admired the camellia forest at the State Capitol Park in Sacramento. While there I saw a sign pointing towards a Rose Garden, but we were pressed for time. I vowed to come back and explore at a later date. In June, I was in Sacramento for a conference.

I found a particular delight in tomatillos in my journey of cultivating a sustainable lifestyle through gardening and home food preserving. These vibrant green gems have become a favorite among the many fruits and vegetables I grow and preserve.

At UC ANR's July Town Hall, Jaki Hsieh Wojan, UC ANR's chief information security officer, explained ANR's recent website and portal issues and the steps being taken to solve them. Below are questions that were asked during the town hall.

We all want to make tasty and safe home-canned foods. Read the label to be sure and use only vinegar with a 5% acidity level for canning purposes. Sometimes the label indicates 50 grain, which means it has 5% acidity. Read the label on the vinegar bottle and make sure the label indicates 5%.

For decades, Cooperative Extension across the country has frequently used the name Nutrition Family and Consumer Sciences to refer to locally driven efforts that strengthen our public health in concert with the federally funded nutrition education programs that support individuals to make healthier...

Siskiyou County rancher Jack Cowley, 91, joyfully recalled the special Christmas gift that delighted his seven children in the 1960s. Cowley, then a practicing eye doctor in Sacramento, and his late wife Barbara surprised the children with a white quarterhorse, which they named Silver.

The Nutrition Policy Institute at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources is seeking a part-time graduate student fellow to support a research project studying how K-12 schools transitioning to scratch cooking and using reusable serviceware can impact students' dietary intake...

Current status: All UC ANR websites that have been updated in 2023 have been restored. The main website has also stabilized and has been consistently up for more than 48 hours. The team has been working to resolve issues and errors quickly.

Dahlquist-Willard named interim SAREP director The past few years have intensified challenges to sustainability in California agriculture. At the same time, new opportunities for UC ANR programs to meet these challenges have arisen.

Are you ready to draw an insect? That's what Professor Miguel Angel Miranda of the University of the Balearic Islands (UBI), Spain, asked participants in his insect-drawing workshops on Saturday night, July 22 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house.