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ANR Employee News: Article

A sweet reunion for the PAC

December 20, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
On Dec. 10, the President's Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources met in the San Joaquin Valley, gathering in person for the first time since December 2019.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Strategic Initiative Brief: Resources to help you be successful

December 20, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Unify-Communicate-Advocate The UC ANR Strategic Initiatives offer a home for strategic thought - drawing on members of the wider UC ANR community and beyond to 1) help people connect and 2) to help them identify and address issues of current and emerging importance.
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Closeup of Abutilon on shed
Spill the Beans: Article

My Garden Adventures

December 20, 2021
by Melody Kendall I love my garden and spend time puttering around out there most days. Over the years I have had some great successes and some epic failures.
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Thank you. Giving Tuesday. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
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GivingTuesday donations push UC ANR gifts over $1.5 million

December 20, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
As of 11:59 p.m. on GivingTuesday 2021 (Nov. 30), UC ANR employees and generous donors helped raise $124,310 for UC Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes and research centers that make up UC ANR.
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Poinsettia plants, <i>Euphorbia pulcherrima</i>, has toxic white sap.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Holiday Season Brings Poisonous Plants into the Home

December 20, 2021
By Lauren L Snowden
Originally posted on the UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog During the holiday season many plants, cut flowers and flowering bulbs are used as decoration and given as gifts. Many of these items can be poisonous to both humans and pets with long-term negative effects to one's health.
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A female tachinid on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It's Friday Fly Day!

December 17, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If it's Friday, it must be "Friday Fly Day!" And a perfect day to post an image of a fly. This is a female tachinid, genus Peleteria, in the family Tachinidae. It is perched on a lavender in Vacaville, Calif. The genus is characterized by two prominent setae in front of the lower part of the eye.
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A production calendar created by Domaine du Merle.
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

More about Production Calendars

December 17, 2021
By Daniel K Macon
Like many of you, I expect, I've recently debated whether to keep my social media accounts - Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram sometimes seem like a bottomless pit of advertising and argument. But then something like this happens....
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