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Greetings newsletter subscribers! Giving Tuesday is next week, Tuesday, November 28, 2022. It's an ideal time of year to support a local organization you care about.

Interesting take on resolving labor shortages in this morning's Wall Street Journal in an article written by Miho Inada. Very much like our strawberry industry, Japan has been experiencing a real worker shortage but for the time being at least applying a novel solution to it.

If the past few years have taught us anything, we must now admit that disasters happen close to home. Wildfires, drought, flood and the Covid-19 pandemic have given us many opportunities to help our neighbors and reevaluate our assumptions about where to turn in times of need.

All UC ANR academics, programmatic and administrative staff and county-funded staff are invited to join leadership at the UC ANR Statewide Conference in Fresno as we begin to map UC ANR's path in advancing the health, success and sustainability of this unique and bountiful state by 2040.

It's Thanksgiving Day, and as we sit down with family and friends to count our blessings, let's thank the bees.

Cape Honeysuckle By Polly Nelson UCCE Master Gardener Common name: Cape Honeysuckle Scientific name: Tecomaria Capensis Planting Area: USDA 9-11 Size: 7-10 feet, or more, if not pruned regularly, 4-5 feet wide Bloom Season: Summer through winter Exposure: Full sun to part shade Pruning needs: Freque...

Hens And Chicks By Ardis Neilsen UCCE Master Gardener Common Name: hen-and-chicks or houseleeks Scientific Name: Sempervivum calcareum Planting Area: USDA 5-10 Size:width - 5 to 10 inches, height - 4 to 6 inches Growing Season: perennial Exposure: full sun, partial shade in hotter climates Pruning N...

The California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project aims to develop and refine a scalable model for increasing the purchase and consumption of California-grown fresh fruits and vegetables by delivering supplemental benefits to CalFresh recipients in a way that can be easily adopted by USDA Food and...

Meetings and Announcements A New and Free Publication on Principals of Xeriscape Spring 2023 Horticultural Tour, and Possible Future Tours 40th Annual Landscape Management Seminar Autumn Color Development in Shade Trees...

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