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Visalia students at Linwood Elementary were introduced to prunes as a local crop and a nutritious snack during today's Try it Tuesday event hosted by teachers, Julie Cates and Bethany Gonzales.

Good nutrition, and improved health, attendance, academics, and school climate are some of the benefits when schools offer meals at no charge to all students.

From the Avocado Hass Board: Click Here ERIC IMBERT CIRAD: French Agricultural Research Center for International Development Where is the fruit going?

Congratulations to community ecologist Louie Yang, a UC Davis professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology and chair of the Entomology Graduate Program, He is one of 33 recipients of the 2023 UC Davis Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Awards.

Here's a riddle; How do you grow a four-foot plant in an eighteen inch spot? Give up? Grow vertically! This heirloom lemon cucumber', (Cucumis sativus 'Lemon'), needs plenty of room; at least 4 feet with its vines of up to eight feet long! Trained on this trellis, its footprint is only 1212 inches.

You've heard of hot dogs on a stick, s'mores on a stick, and maybe shrimp or lime pie on a stick, but have you ever heard of a Mantis on a Stick? "A praying mantis on a stick?" you ask.

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With the unveiling of the UC Davis ceramic-mosaic mural, The Secret Life of Vineyards, life in a Napa Valley organic vineyard is no longer "a secret.

The crowd at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Praying Mantises" learned all about the predators, their biology, their behavior, and their prey. The open house, held from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 27, drew guests of all ages.