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The meeting will include a presentation by Sam Santander (CDFA-Avocado Inspection Service), Ken Melban (CAC) and a Q/A on avocado growing in the SJV. There will be also 2 visits to GEM growers in the local area. Directions to the tour stops will be provided at the meeting.

In this issue: Interested in Learning about using Prescribed Fire for Rangeland Improvement?

Art is part of the Bohart. Talented artists continually create stunning work at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, directed by Lynn Kimsey, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology (who herself worked as a scientific illustrator under her maiden name, Lynn Siri).

Fall is a great time to plant trees in our urban landscapes. Temperatures are cooler than summer and trees adjust to transplanting much better than during the heat of summer.

Last week was the American Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) meeting in Denver. Presidents, Provosts, Vice Chancellors, Directors, Government Relations staff and others attended the meeting with more than 1,200 people present. I participated in two basic tracts.

For the first time in three years, the California Agriculture in the Classroom Conference was held in-person this past September. Ventura County, with its rich agricultural heritage, was the perfect location for the conference to make its comeback.

Who takes images of flies? Raise your hand! No, not the hand with the flyswatter. Well, almost anything is fair game for my camera. That includes golden dung flies.

It was like coming home when acclaimed honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., stepped forward to accept the Exceptional Emeriti Faculty Award from Helene Dillard, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES).

The UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) honored Bohart Museum of Entomology supporters Bill Patterson and his wife Doris Brown at the 2022 Awards of Distinction dinner and ceremony, held Nov. 3 in the UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom.