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The foodborne illness burden in the U.S. is estimated at 48 million cases, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3000 deaths each year (CDC.gov). This burden will likely increase during the coronavirus pandemic since more families are now cooking and preparing meals at home.

A reader asks: Does the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology have a fact sheet on black widow spiders? Yes! It's among dozens of fact sheets (mostly insects but some arachnids and other non-insects) posted on the Bohart Museum website. All can be accessed and downloaded at no charge.

The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is sharing a $900,000 grant from the University of California's Office of the President to establish a four-campus network of bee researchers and engineers to strengthen honey bee health and crop pollination.

Decades of research-based knowledge about the history, physical characteristics and vegetation in California annual grassland, oak-woodland and chaparral ecosystems has been consolidated in a new nine-part PDF document.

Thursday, January 14, 9 AM-12 Noon There is still time to register for this event! Meeting Details...

Call for Poster Abstracts for the Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit Has Been Extended to January 15, 2021 We hope you will submit a poster abstract to the 16th annual Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit, a virtual meeting that will be held on March 25-26, 2021.

Science Night is an evening of hands-on science activities for students and their families to do together. Science Night is an opportunity for parents to visit their children's schools to celebrate student learning.

In 2020, 9,000 fires scorched more than 4 million acres of California, a record-breaking year, reported Alejandra Borunda in National Geographic.

When: Friday, January 22, 2021, 9:00-11:30 AM PST Where: Virtual workshop via Zoom Cost: $15; fee waived for California growers Registration Link: Click here *See flyer for more information!...

Authors: Kate Evans, Washington State University, and Michael Coe, Cedar Lakes Research Group, LLC This blog is based on researched published in Crop Science Journal (https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csc2.