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Thank a farmer. Courtesy of Michelle Hammer Coffer.
ANR Adventures: Article

No days that drag on

May 22, 2019
By Wendy Powers
I am in Chicago at a Multi-state Regional project meeting. I was a member of this project for 19 years and am now the Administrative Advisor. One of the members commented yesterday that some days drag on forever; I have not experienced this over the last three years.
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NIFA Site Visit
Nutrition News in the Butte Cluster: Article

Sutter County Superintendent of Schools Adult Education Program Offers Academic Credit for Attending EFNEP Lessons

May 22, 2019
In April 2018, EFNEP and UC CalFresh in the Butte Cluster began their partnership with the Sutter County Superintendent of Schools to offer nutrition education and food resource management courses to individuals who are working towards earning their GED in Sutter County's English as a Second Languag...
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Typical basket composition for Monterey fruit picked May 20, after an inch of rain and evaluated May 22..
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Water Damage on Strawberry

May 22, 2019
By Mark P Bolda
The fairly heavy rains over the past weekend (1.06" from CIMIS station #111 in Watsonville), have given people concern about what sort of damage our strawberry crop has sustained.
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Playing Rainbow Tag
UC CalFresh Tulare / Kings Counties: Article

Catch Lakeside At Play!

May 22, 2019
By Susan L Lafferty
Students participating in the Lakeside Elementary After School Program had a fun filed afternoon of organized games from the CATCH activity box.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

The Memory Plant

May 22, 2019
Can you remember where you put your car keys? Recent work in the new system of study of plant signaling and memory shows that plants may have better memories than we do! There are fascinating plants high in the Peruvian Andes that have this amazing skill set of memory.
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Kern County: Article

Kern County Young Farmers and Ranchers Ag Grants for 4-H and FFA

May 22, 2019
Kern County Young Farmers and Ranchers would like to start giving out grants to deserving 4-H and FFA exhibitors to help them with their projects. This year we have $1,500 to give out. The number of grants given and their amounts will be determined based on the quantity and quality of applicants.
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The Herrera Family - 1st Place Team
UC CalFresh Tulare / Kings Counties: Article

CHOP IT UP TO JEFFERSON

May 22, 2019
By Susan L Lafferty
Men belong in the kitchen. Women belong in the kitchen. Children belong in the kitchen. EVERYONE belongs in he kitchen as evidenced by the participants in the "CHOP" cook off event held at Jefferson Charter School.
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irrigATING CITRUS
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Low-Flow Irrigation Scheduling

May 22, 2019
By Ben A Faber
How to irrigate is probably the most common question in irrigated agriculture, even with 10,000 years of cultivation knowledge to guide us. The complexities of irrigation and the unique situation for each grower makes this question so difficult.
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SFREC fire (2)
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Fire Season 2019: Start Preparing Now!

May 22, 2019
By Daniel K Macon
For many of us in Northern California, the 2017 and 2018 wildfire seasons are still very fresh in our minds. The late-season fires in Sonoma County in 2017, and the Camp Fire in Butte County in 2018, were among the most destructive deadliest fires in California's history.
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