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Roses Part 2: Are Those Carnival-Colored Roses for Real?

June 22, 2020
I hope you still have roses to enjoy in your garden. I suspect some of you may have received some rose bouquets for Mother's Day, and some of those may have been the carnival-colored roses (aka Rainbow Roses). If not, you have probably seen them on Internet ads.
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Frank Fernandes and soil structure. Photo by Shulamit Shroder.
Climate Smart Agriculture: Article

Conservation Profile: Frank Fernandes, Tulare County

June 22, 2020
By Kristian M Salgado-Jacobo
Grower Profile #1: Frank Fernandes Practices: No-Till, Strip-Till, and Cover Crops Frank Fernandes grew up in a big dairy family in Tulare County. He has continued that tradition and now farms about 1,500 acres near Pixley. He grows corn, wheat, and alfalfa as forage for his cows.
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UC Weed Specialist Travis Bean (photo credit: CaliforniaToday)
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Sad news regarding Travis Bean

June 22, 2020
By Gale Perez
Written by Karl Tanner On May 27, 2020, Travis Bean, UC Cooperative Extension specialist and an incredible, amazing and accomplished man passed away suddenly at the age of 43. Travis was born in Lincoln, NB, on Feb. 11, 1977, and raised in Yuma, AZ.
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Adult honey bee,<i>Apis mellifera</i>. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

National Pollinator Week 2020

June 22, 2020
This year, National Pollinator Week is June 22 to June 28, celebrating the value that pollinators such as bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and beetles provide to the ecosystem.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Solstice reflections

June 22, 2020
By Wendy Powers
I hope everyone had a good weekend, enjoying Juneteenth, Father's Day, and the summer solstice. Summer solstice the end to increasing day length. It also marks the anniversary of my start date at UC ANR. I have now completed four years with UC ANR.
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UC ANR's 2020 academic retirees.
ANR News Releases: Article

Ten UC Cooperative Extension academics retire July 1

June 22, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
Jose Aguiar Rachel Elkins Beth Grafton-Cardwell Allan Fulton Kurt Hembree Anna Martin Glenn McGourty John Roncoroni Rhonda Smith Cheryl Wilen From farm worker to farm advisor - A life of fulfillment Jose Aguiar, who has been working as a vegetable crops small farm advisor for the University of Calif...
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Marjorie Hoy, first woman faculty member of the UC Berkeley Department of Entomology, looks for mites on a plant.
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Marjorie Hoy

June 22, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Marjorie Hoy, first woman faculty member of the UC Berkeley Department of Entomology, died on Friday June 19, 2020, in Colorado. She was 79.
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Photo of zoom screen with multiple program trainees attending plant propagation and flower disection workshop
UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog: Article

Growing Creativity in the COVID-19 Era (Part 3 of 4)

June 22, 2020
By Melissa G Womack
For the past three months, COVID-19 and social distancing requirements have changed the way the UC Master Gardener Program serves our mission to extend trusted gardening information.
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