The widespread evacuations and associated air quality have certainly added to already challenging times. I know many across the state have go bags' ready and are anxious about what every hour brings. Others have had to evacuate. And some of our UC ANR family have suffered significant losses.
Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery Topic: Horticulture Zoom - Landscapes of China Time: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 4:30pm See attached for details!...
Lorrene Ritchie, director and cooperative extension specialist, and Gail Woodward-Lopez, director of research at the UC ANR Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) were quoted in an August 25, 2020 article in Morning Ag Clips titled "New policies can help provide healthy beverages to children.
A research project initiated in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis evaluates landscape plants in two-year trials under varying irrigation levels to determine the best irrigation level for optimal plant performance in regions requiring supplemental summer water.
Just a reminder regarding our in-person activities. As of August 20, we can hold a in-person activity/event with a gathering size of 10 (8 youth and 2 adults). Please make sure you follow the ANR procedures.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has awarded $1.34 million in grants to UC ANR scientists for research on pest control alternatives to the banned pesticide chlorpyrifos.
The bees, they're gone. Beekeeper Clay Ford, who owns the Pleasants Valley Honey Company, also known as "Clay's Bees," is devastated. The fast-moving Vacaville Fire, part of the LNU Lightning Complex fires, claimed 73 of his 81 beehives. Gone, millions of bees.
