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UC Master Food Preserver: Article

Spotlight: Henry Shaw, Class of 2024 MFP Volunteer (October 2025)

October 5, 2025
By Travis R Alexander
Henry Shaw UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Contra Costa Image credit: Henry Shaw, 2025. My love of food and cooking began as a small child at my mother’s side in the kitchen. Over the decades, both my culinary interests and kitchen skills have grown…
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UC Master Food Preserver: Article

Pear-fection: Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie Filling (October 2025)

October 5, 2025
By Travis R Alexander
Kirsten Hansen, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Jar of pie filling on a marble countertop (Photo by Penny Pearson, used with permission).  October is peak apple and pear season across much of California. This tasty Apple-Pear-Cranberry pie filling makes the most of the season…
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Culinary Herbs - How to plant, grow and harvest
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Culinary Herbs - How to plant, grow and harvest - Orange County

Nov 9, 2025

Visit our Master Gardener information booth for this week’s topic: - "Culinary Herbs - How to plant, grow and harvest." Consider Cooking with herbs for the Holidays. Planned Give-away . (First come, First served).No Registration Required $5.00 Entry to Sherman Library & Gardens, a non-profit…
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UCCE Humboldt - Del Norte Counties: Page

2026 Master Food Preserver Training

 The UC Master Food Preserver Program is open to individuals seeking to enhance community knowledge of home food preservation methods. Applicants for the UC Master Food Preserver Program must be willing to share the knowledge and skills they have learned from certification training through local…
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UC Master Gardeners of Fresno County: Page

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Have a Gardening Question? Submit a question to our   Master Gardener HelplineSend us a brief description of your problem and a photo if you can. When submitting photos of an issue, please also include a picture of the overall plant.   We'll respond via email unless requested…
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Fresno County 4-H: Article

October 2025 Newsletter

October 3, 2025
By Elizabeth Ramirez
In This Edition…2- Committee & Council Mtgs.2- Water-Wise Event3- Livestock Judging Event3– County Fair Horse Show4- Festive Food Faire4- Livestock Camp4- Calvacade of Pigeons4- Summer Camp– JC5- Livestock Achievement5- Emerald & Impact Stars6- Club Officer Books6- Wanted– Clover Fest6- Gold Seal…
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Colusa County: Article

Sacramento Valley Almond Newsletter - Fall, 2025

October 3, 2025
By Franz J Niederholzer
In this Issue:• Almond Orchard Management Considerations: Fall, 2025 • Post-Harvest Ground Squirrel Management • Oak Root Fungus: Rootstock Considerations in 2025-2026 • Red Leaf Blotch Finds it’s way to the Sacramento Valley (2025) • Fall Zinc and Boron Review, 2025 • Upcoming…
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Greg Kareofelas (left) and Jeff Smith in the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What You'll Learn at the Bohart Museum Open House

October 3, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 So much to see, so much to do, so much to learn...If you're an insect enthusiast or a budding entomologist or just curious, you especially won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house,  "Museum ABCs: How to Collect and Curate," set Sunday, Oct. 5.The open house, free and family…
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