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Fermentation..What is it and can it be beneficial to my health? LeAnne Calderon, UC Master Food Preserver, San Joaquin County Kombucha, Kefir, Sauerkraut and other fermented foods are becoming more popular in the natural food markets.

Two award opportunities are available this year through the Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA) and one from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

Jules Bernstein, UCR A $1.5 million emergency grant is enabling UC Riverside scientists to find plants impervious to a disease threatening America's citrus fruit supply. Citrus Greening Disease also known as Huanglongbing, or HLB results in fruit that is bitter and worthless.

Magpies are amazing birds! They are strikingly handsome, intelligent, and bold. They build nests with domed roofs and side entrances and decorate these homes with the bright shiny objects they collect. They hold funeral services for their dead. They can mimic human speech.

A properly pruned tree produces better fruit and is easier to manage because it is kept to a manageable size. There are lots of things one can learn about pruning and lots of resources available to learn from.

Join UCCE for the 2022 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Register to join us for this webinar: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.

If you missed the Managing Weeds in Grasslands and Rangelands 2021 online event (Oct. 19, 2021 9 AM-12 noon PST), you're in luck. We have the recordings of each presentation here.

"Guess who's back?" butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, asked in his "posse" email today. "Guess, who's back?" has nothing to do with the catchphrases uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson.

We are now about halfway through winter, yet here in California, signs of spring are well underway. Trees are blossoming, daffodils have bloomed, the days are getting longer (I was working in my yard tonight until 6 pm).

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