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Dear Colleagues, The California Department of Food and Agricultureaccepting proposals for the 2019 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP).

Each year, during Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 the country celebrates the culture and contributions of those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

UC Cooperative Extension in Sutter and Yuba counties is celebrating a century of serving its community. Earlier this year, we unexpectedly found two boxes full of our historical records, said Janine Hasey, director of UCCE Sutter-Yuba counties.

Colleagues, As mandated costs continue to outpace available funds, UC ANR is taking action to ensure financial prudence while continuing to devote our limited resources to our priorities.

ANR employees can expect to see several benefits from the transition to UCPath, a systemwide initiative launched by the University of California to unify and standardize payroll, benefits and human resource systems for all UC employees.

We had the pleasure of hosting citrus growers from Tunisia at the Lindcove REC.

The harvest moon is here and the nights are cooler. Now is the time to think about planting our fall vegetables. I recently discovered a new and cool veggie for the fall. It's called the Kalette. It's a cross between Kale and Brussel Sprouts. There are three different varieties.

Avocado orchards are prime environments for this to happen. For me, it's always startling and amazing to come across an animal that's not expected to be there, but really does belong there as much as I do.

We spent yesterday in Riverside meeting with the teams from both UCCE Riverside and UCCE San Bernardino. It was very informative, particularly seeing the fresh ideas that are coming from some of the new staff.

Last winter, many growers and PCAs contacted me because they were having trouble or were largely unable to control Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum) in their cereal fields.