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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Event

Auburn Harvest Festival

Oct 18, 2025

The Auburn Community Harvest Festival features live music, giant pumpkins, scarecrow contests, arts and crafts booths showcasing local artisans and a costume contest and parade for young and old alike. There are carnival games, food and vendor booths hosted by local nonprofits and Auburn’s own Sugar Plump…
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Bauer Garden
UC Master Gardener Program of Yolo County: Event

Preserving Food from the garden: Celebrate Farm to Fork Month

Sep 27, 2025

To celebrate Farm to Fork Month this September, the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Herbert Bauer Memorial Community Garden and CalFresh Healthy Living team in Woodland are hosting a free class focusing on preserving food from your garden. Yolo County gardeners of all experience levels…
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Map shows water quality by system. Monitoring & reporting violations in the past 10 years

Who manages your water in Southern California, and why it matters

September 11, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 A new UCLA Atlas reveals fragmented water governance has unequal impacts on affordability, quality, and resilienceBy Mara Elana BursteinKey takeawaysUCLA researchers’ 2025 Southern California Community Water Systems Atlas analyzes 663 community water systems serving 40% of the state’s population,…
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Map shows water quality by system. Monitoring & reporting violations in the past 10 years

Who manages your water in Southern California, and why it matters

September 11, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 A new UCLA Atlas reveals fragmented water governance has unequal impacts on affordability, quality, and resilienceBy Mara Elana BursteinKey takeawaysUCLA researchers’ 2025 Southern California Community Water Systems Atlas analyzes 663 community water systems serving 40% of the state’s population,…
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Baskets of berries
UC Master Food Preservers of Sonoma County: Article

Seasonal Food Preservation - Berries

September 11, 2025
By Shannon McMath
Berries are small, sweet or tart, often brightly colored, fruits containing small seeds but no large pits. While strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries are common culinary berries, the botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single flower with one ovary, including surprising…
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Baskets of berries
UC Master Food Preservers of Sonoma County: Article

Seasonal Food Preservation - Berries

September 11, 2025
By Shannon McMath
Berries are small, sweet or tart, often brightly colored, fruits containing small seeds but no large pits. While strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries are common culinary berries, the botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single flower with one ovary, including surprising…
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Apples on a tree
UC Master Food Preservers of Sonoma County: Event

Library Talk - It's apple harvest time!

Oct 4, 2025

It's apple harvest time! Learn how to preserve apples from your trees or the farmer's market. UC Master Food Preservers of Sonoma County will teach and demonstrate.
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Fresh herbs in pots
UC Master Food Preservers of Sonoma County: Event

Library Talk - Expand your use of herbs!

Sep 28, 2025

Expand your use of herbs! Learn how to safely preserve them and how to make herb salts, rubs, and pestos. UC Master Food Preservers of Sonoma County will teach and demonstrate.
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