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Ag tech focus of free DIGICROP online conference March 28-30

March 7, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The International Conference on Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production (DIGICROP) will be held March 28-30. The conference is a fully remote event with presentations in video format followed by discussions.
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Mask update

March 7, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
In order to adapt to recent changes in statewide public health guidance concerning mask requirements in public places, UC ANR has updated our Mask Protocol.
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Invitation to Attend Candidate Seminars

March 7, 2022
University of California Cooperative Extension is recruiting for the position of Table Grape Advisor for Tulare and Kings Counties. Each candidate will give a 20 minute presentation with 10 minutes for questions and answers via Zoom. The public is invited to attend any or all of these presentations.
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Professor and plant pathology researcher Melissa Mitchum of the University of Georgia on "The Tricks Phytonematodes Use to Modulate Plant Development" on March 9 to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Melissa Mitchum: Tricks That Nematodes Use to Modulate Plant Development

March 7, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Professor and plant pathology researcher Melissa Mitchum of the Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, will present the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.on "The Tricks Phytonematodes Use to Modulate Plant Development." Her virtual seminar begins at 4:10 p.m.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

That Hard to Identify Succulent

March 7, 2022
I enjoy sorting through piles of castoff succulent stems on a garden club's back table or at plant sales. I purposely choose something I don't already have in my own collection.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New research shows an increased WIC Cash Value Benefit for purchasing fruits and vegetables improves children’s consumption of fruits and vegetables

March 7, 2022
By Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee
A recent National WIC Association report, Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey: Cash Value Benefit Increase During COVID, shows an increase in child fruit and vegetable consumption among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) afte...
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