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Feeding America published a new resource, the Nutrition in Food Banking Toolkit, aimed to guide the charitable food sector to better meet the nutritional and cultural food needs of people they serve.

Professor Lynn Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, knows her insects and she knows the urban myths associated with them.

IN THIS ISSUE o Orchard Considerations for Bloom and Beyond, 2021 o Mechanical Pruning of Prune Trees Update o Bloom Review, 2020 o PRUNE (DRIED PLUM): CONVENTIONAL FUNGICIDE EFFICACY o PRUNE (DRIED PLUM): ORGANIC FUNGICIDE EFFICACY o PRUNE (DRIED PLUM): TREATMENT TIMING...

IN THIS ISSUE Orchard Management Considerations: Budbreak through Early Summer New walnut variety UC Wolfskill released Pulling the trigger for the start of irrigation in the spring: Too much too soon for walnuts?

UC travel guidance updated UCOP has issued updated guidance for UC travelers, replacing previous directives and aligning with CDC Travel Guidance for COVID-19.

Jailene Mendoza is excited to start her new job as a medical assistant in sports medicine in Palo Alto, a job she landed after completing training with JobTrain.

Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 03-22-2021" ET Report 03-22-2021 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

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In March 2020, when California issued a shelter-in-place order to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we didn't know how long the pandemic would cause upheaval or how it would affect us. We all adapted in different ways.

Richard Carl Ponzio, UC Cooperative Extension youth development specialist emeritus at UC Davis, died after a long illness peacefully at home in Mill Valley on Jan. 5, 2021, with his partner Carol and son Frank by his side. He was 80.