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New certification program will increase opportunities for prescribed fire across California A group of 19 experienced prescribed burners are gathered in Eureka this week to become certified as prescribed fire burn bosses.

How does pyrodiversity impact pollinator communities? That's a crucial question, especially with California's history and future of disastrous wildfires. Last year was the state's worst fire season ever: 9,639 fires burned 4.

En San Bernardino en la escuela preparatoria San Andreas alrededor de 500 jvenes, que por diversas razones no han podido obtener su diploma, tienen una nueva oportunidad para graduarse y explorar opciones vocacionales de una manera prctica y divertida.

In a San Bernardino high school, a unique partnership allows 500 students to experience high-tech farming while learning about nutrition and entrepreneurship.

As Master Gardeners we love to share our mantra right plant, right place, and many of us throw in right time as well. Planting the right plant (suited for your climate, microclimate etc.) in the right place (appropriate sun, soil, wind exposure etc.) helps your plants to survive and thrive.

On April 15th, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB) finalized and approved Ag Order 4.0. The new rulings affect several aspects of agricultural production such as buffer areas and discharge of pesticides to water ways.

Meetings and Announcements Weekly Zoom Presentation Horticultural Study Tour XII: Wales, Edinburgh, Northern Scotland Position Announcement from NOR Ants...

Great article here from Growing Produce about how researcher Hannah McIntosh out in Wisconsin obtained serious reductions in SWD in raspberries by underlaying the crop with plastic mulch (three colors tested: metallic, black and white).

There's a new edition of Topics in Subtropics available with the following articles: Progress in Developing Mechanical Harvesting for California Black Ripe Manzanillo' Table Olives Developing a Nitrogen Fertilizer Plan for Olive Orchards Should I Pay for Avocado Pollination Services?

It's that time of year again when the strawberries on the Central Coast of California ripen in the fields and the markets begin bursting with flats of these juicy red berries.