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Online training courses and webinars available from UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program Cheryl Reynolds, UC Statewide IPM Program This spring if you are looking for options to obtain your continuing education units (CEUs) and not sure where to get them, why not check out the online optio...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, you can help spread the word about Central Sierra resources to make sure everyone has enough to eat.

COVID-19 does not currently pose major threats to overall global food security because adequate stores of staples like wheat and rice remain available. But the sustainability of California specialty crops may face greater hurdles, reported Laura Poppick in Scientific American.

Last winter I bought a portable grow light on sale (for $10 with free shipping) to help with indoor seed germination during the winter. I was lucky that the light I bought was exactly what I needed and works great.

This spring if you are looking for options to obtain your continuing education units (CEUs) and not sure where to get them, why not check out the online options that the UC Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM) has to offer.

While I do enjoy the company of my family and others here at home during the shelter in place order, nevertheless sitting around on my can all day just writing, reading and talking on the phone isn't exactly what I signed up for folks.

According to the World Health Organization and the CDC, social distancing is currently the most effective way to slow the spread of COVID-19.

According to the World Health Organization and the CDC, social distancing is currently the most effective way to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Master Gardener volunteer hours Given the tremendous impact COVID-19 is having on planned spring UC Master Gardener events and gardening activities across the state, program leadership has determined that all UC Master Gardener volunteers who choose to remain active and reappoint during the upcoming...

"Eat your greens," they say. Okay, we don't need any encouragement, but apparently many other folks need a push, a poke or a prod to eat cole crops, including cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, mustard, kale and kohlrabi. Well, cabbage aphids need no encouragement.