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Pearsons joins UCCE as small farm advisor Kirsten Pearsons joined UC Cooperative Extension on March 1 as a small farm advisor for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.

Two UC Cooperative Extension scientists have been selected as Presidential Chairs for Tree Nuts at University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.

A delegation of 12 UC ANR staff, academics, volunteers and stakeholders visited state legislators in Sacramento on April 19 for UC ANR Advocacy Day to share how UC ANR's work delivers local, place-based education, outreach and programming to serve communities throughout the state.

The Olive Oil Irrigation Field Day will be held on June 1, 2022. Information regarding the location and where to register is listed in the announcement. The event is hosted by the University of California Cooperative Extension and the Olive Oil Commission of California.

Big Dig Day is now called UC ANR Giving Day and will run from noon to noon on May 19-20. The new name is designed to be more inclusive of the breadth of UC ANR programs. This will be UC ANR's fourth proprietary spring giving day and will be sponsored by Tri Counties Bank.

Please see attached document for details on the Nickels Field Day 2022!...

When it comes to livestock protection tools, there are no "silver bullets"....

Vetch (Vicia spp.) is growing like a weed everywhere this year, carpeting our hills with great swaths of purple flowers (see photo). What is Vetch? There are several species that are commonly grown as crops, cover crops or weeds (see below table).

May 2022 - Weed Science Webinar Series Shifting Focus to Mechanisms Beginning next week, the Weed Science Webinar Series, which is being hosted by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), will shift in focus from tactics of weed management to the...

Ms espacios verdes y oportunidades de agricultura urbana podran ser tiles en futuros desastres Las personas que recurrieron a la jardinera durante la pandemia de COVID-19 lo hicieron para aliviar el estrs, conectarse con otros y cultivar sus propios alimentos con la esperanza de evitar el virus, seg...