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Photos and Article by Melinda NestlerodeSummer may be winding down, but my vegetable garden is still in full production. The sugar pie pumpkins continue to sprout huge blossoms and set fruit, the peppers are displaying brilliant colors, and the tomatoes are out of control. As healthy as the garden looks…

The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine published a new fact sheet for clinicians on physical activity recommendations during the perinatal period—one year before conception to one year after pregnancy. Adequate aerobic activity and strength training during pregnancy and in the postpartum period…

The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College (UEPI) is partnering with Food Access LA, Avenue 33 Farm and UCANR to offer an “Urban Ag at the Market” Certificate Program this fall designed to train urban farmers, backyard growers, or campus farms to grow for and sell at their…

 Additional authors: Dima Jones (Student 3, UC Davis) and Cara Razma (Student 3, UC Davis) In muddy rice fields where the water lies still, Tadpole shrimp lurk with a sneaky-slick skill. They're brown like the bottom, they blend in just right, And then—bam!—they appear, a big buggy fright! They…

 For commercial growers considering planting cilantro or parsley, the costs and returns of producing in Ventura County are outlined in a new study by the University of California Cooperative Extension, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Institute, and UC Davis Department…

 If you look like a yellowjacket but you’re really a fly, that doesn’t mean a predator can’t grab you and eat you.Take the case of a crab spider lying in wait on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville garden. Our very alert spider knows exactly where to practice its ambushing…