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Example of what UC ANR's new website will look like when the web interface platform is launched.
ANR Employee News: Article

Strategic Initiative Brief: Strategic themes, IWP

February 26, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Unify-Communicate-Advocate The 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. 1.
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Kern County: Article

Annual Carrot Research Symposium

February 26, 2021
Sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension Monday, March 22nd - 9:00am to 11:15am - Zoom webinar See attached for agenda and registration link...
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photo by Kathy Craig
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Book Review: Field Guide to Urban Gardening

February 26, 2021
Field Guide to Urban Gardening By Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening Espiritu, K (2019) Field Guide to Urban Gardening , Cool Springs Press ISBN 978-0-7603-6396-6 $27.99 When preparing for our UCCE Master Gardener presentation, I decided to purchase this book as a resource.
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UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day sign
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

These UC Davis Crowdfunding Efforts Will End Feb. 28

February 26, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Feb. 28 is the last day to donate to the current crowdfunding efforts of the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day/Month, Honey Bee Haven and the California Master Beekeeper Program. Biodiversity Museum Day/Month: https://crowdfund.ucdavis.edu/project/24310 Honey Bee Haven: http://crowdfund.ucdavis.
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Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

LBAM Certified Scout Training Now Online

February 26, 2021
By Mark P Bolda
So this year you don't have to hassle with coming down to my office, partake in less than premium coffee and miss some of your morning work on the farm. The Certified Scout training for LBAM is on youtube this year.
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Salted Lemons
Preservation Notes - San Joaquin Master Food Preservers: Article

February Lemon Workshop: Welcome Tennessee, Canada and Brazil

February 26, 2021
By William Loyko Jr.
February Lemon Workshop: Welcome Tennessee, Canada and Brazil! On Saturday February 20 the Master Food Preservers of San Joaquin County presented a zoom workshop with two recipes that will use up some of the bountiful lemons available during this time of year. Over 100 people attended.
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Hope and plants grow in the Paradise Community Gardens after the Camp Fire
The Real Dirt: Article

Rebuilding Paradise Community Gardens

February 26, 2021
One of the many tragedies of the Camp Fire was the destruction of the Norton Buffalo Hall, which not only provided a meeting place and concert venue for the community and beyond, but was also the location of very popular community gardens.
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Glenda Humiston
ANR Employee News: Article

Open Conversations with UC ANR leadership begin March 31

February 25, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC ANR Senior Leadership will begin hosting conversations with small groups of ANR employees on a quarterly basis. The first will be Wednesday, March 31, at 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. with VP Glenda Humiston and Tu Tran, associate vice president for business operations.
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