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Betty Hewitt, UC Cooperative Extension home economist advisor emerita in El Dorado County, passed away April 8 at age 92.

Congratulations to doctoral student and pollination ecologist Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology! She's the recipient of a prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, for her research proposal...

Hosted by UC ANR South Coast REC, Cooperative Extension, and the Orange County Farm Bureau, programs that provide agricultural education to an increasingly urban population, local high schools participated in workshops at the South Coast REC that were designed to acquaint the students with ag resear...

Hosted by UC ANR South Coast REC, Cooperative Extension, and the Orange County Farm Bureau, programs that provide agricultural education to an increasingly urban population, local high schools participated in workshops at the South Coast REC that were designed to acquaint the students with ag resear...

News from the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2018 FIGHT THE BITE First Dead Bird of the Season Tests Positive For West Nile Virus Elk Grove, Ca.

When school's out, many children who live in poverty no longer eat nutritious meals like they do during school as part of the free and reduced-cost school lunch program.

Lindcove Research & Extension Center, located in the foothills of Tulare County, has land, labor and facilities available for 2018-2019 research projects. The Research Advisory Committee reviews proposals and projects and evaluates them based on scientific merit and regional need.

4-H News this month- Primary Summer Fun Day- June 23 Scholarship winners 4-H Council nominations Fair news Enjoy!...

While visiting family in Fredericksburg, Virginia, one chilly February, they took me to Chatham Manor, where they had raved about the gardens. Because it was February, there wasn't much to see but the structure of the dormant garden.

Encouraging healthy bee populations has long been part of the Master Gardener mission. In our study of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), we learn that chemical pesticides can do harm to entire food chains, from plants to insects, and other wildlife.