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An international team of researchers has established a connection between ancient Indian rock art painted in a Kern County cave and a common California plant that was used by Native Americans in their sacred rituals.

With winter soon upon us, it's a good time to treat your garden bed just like the one where you tuck in at night, says Dustin Blakey, UC Cooperative Extension advisor, director and UC Master Gardener coordinator in Inyo and Mono counties.

In honor of #HealthySoilsWeek2020, our healthy team would like to share background and an update on our healthy soils project @Limoneira in Santa Paula.

Site map and analysis completed, per Part One? Check! Garden style selected, per Part Two? Check! Welcome to Part Three, where the focus is: What plant jobs need to be filled in my garden? Plants jobs can be functional, aesthetic, or both. Functional jobs affect the use of the garden.

Dear Colleagues, I am thrilled to report that we raised over $196,000 for UC ANR programs on GivingTuesday this year a 49% increase over the $130K raised during GivingTuesday last year! Given the widespread opinion that giving was likely to be down this year, this result is both inspiring and an af...

It's definitely going to be quite a memorable year for the Western monarch butterflies--memorable as in "record low populations at the overwintering sites along the California coast.

Got questions, contact Rene McCrory [rjmccrory@ucanr.edu, (530) 822-7515] Sarah Light (selight@ucanr.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mass unemployment and loss of income have contributed to rapid increases in food insecurity in the US. Latino households, in particular, have faced multiple health, social, and economic vulnerabilities. The Nutrition Policy Institute welcomed UC Merced's Denise D.

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Are you considering agritourism or nature tourism on your farm or ranch? Would you like to expand your current agritourism or nature tourism business?