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The Nutrition Policy Institute welcomed Carolyn Chelius on January 7, 2022 as a project policy analyst.

UCCE San Bernardino County received a grant from the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP) to provide education to at risk communities in San Bernardino County. The grant began June 2021 and will continue through May 2022.

Every year, invasive pests cause billions of dollars of damage to California agricultural systems and natural areas. These pests can be weeds, plant pathogens, insects, vertebrates, shellfish and other aquatic species.

Free Online Food Safety Training Sessions Available Growers can complete free food safety training, as mandated by the U.S. Federal Department of Agriculture's new Produce Safety rule, from the comfort of their own home or business.

Years go by and the regulars are out there on the trees - red scale, broad mite, citrus thrips, bud mite, leafminer and more and more Asian citrus psyllid. And then suddenly one that has seemed to be just in the background pops up all over the place.

As the Covid-19 pandemic persists, and as government and University recommendations maintain that we should social distance, the SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting will now be VIRTUAL. The meeting will still take place THIS Friday, January 14th from 8am to noon.

As the Covid-19 pandemic persists, and as government and University recommendations maintain that we should social distance, the SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting will now be VIRTUAL. The meeting will still take place THIS Friday, January 14th from 8am to noon.

If you have a peach or nectarine tree in your landscape, most of the leaves have probably dropped. This is a great reminder to gardeners that it's time to spray for peach leaf curl. Right now, the fungus that causes leaf curl is present on your trees.

by Melody Kendall Be careful what you wish for... the full saying is from Aesop's Fables and fully stated is: Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true! I have often heard this saying and its cautionary tale is applicable in many areas in my life experience over the years.

Mosquito expert Sylvia Fischer of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will target the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, when she presents a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's virtual seminar on Wednesday, Jan. 12.