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At the conclusion of UC ANR Giving Day, 354 generous donors helped raise $72,342 for UC Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes and research centers.

The Nutrition Policy Institute's CalFresh Healthy Living evaluation team analyzed data from a stratified, random sample of 190 CalFresh Healthy Living-eligible school districts in California to better understand equitable school meal distribution and changes in meal participation during COVID-19 sch...

A pesar de las ardientes temperaturas y la tierra arenosa en el Valle Imperial, los agricultores han creado una comarca agrcola poderosa y la clave para seguir produciendo aun con sequa y cambio climtico podra estar en el sistema de riego.

Abrir la llave del agua y recibir en segundos las primeras gotas es uno de los avances ms importantes de la historia. Eso requiere de una infraestructura compleja y costosa para recolectar, tratar, almacenar y distribuir el agua de las presas, lagos, acuferos y ms.

One of the first flower I could recognize was the California golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica). On family trips to the Russian River in the spring I spied many a poppy bloom alongside of the roads. I found out they were the State Flower and it was illegal to cut them.

Soils Matter, Get the Scoop! The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) started a blog several years ago that covers all aspects of soils from water to organic matter to soil temperature to soil formation to building a retaining wall to ..the list goes on and on.

If we want to instill in our children a love of nature and raise a generation that will want to protect and preserve natural places, we need to get em hooked on birds. This is the wisdom behind many of the programs at Altacal Audubon, our local chapter of the non-profit Audubon Society.

Summer is a great time to sit inside an air-conditioned library and learn about gardening! For June, we've added monthly classes at the Salida Library Branch, and next month we are adding the Patterson Library.

Scheduling irrigation events based on crop use allows growers to meet the water demands of crop production wile reducing both the risks of over- and underwatering.

In This Issue Orchard Considerations New UC Davis Prune Varieties prove promising Mechanical pruning trial in French prune. The most important tasks of the year.