Ongoing research

In this Issue: Testing Mg sources Summer water needsBiosecurity considerationsIs FMD on your radar?

Among community gardens in Butte County, The Garden at St. Timothy’s in Gridley is notable for offering people a full-circle experience, from growing, gleaning, and preserving food, to composting food waste.

 When medical entomologist Lee Rafuse Haines, associate research professor, University of Notre Dame,  speaks on "Insects, Art and the Sound of a Silent Crisis" at the June 2nd seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, she'll work dung beetles into her presentation. …

Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty, Director of County Cooperative Extension, is retiring at the end of June. While we launch a search for a new Director of County Cooperative Extension, Keith Nathaniel will serve in an interim capacity starting June 1.

The National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference aims to strengthen federal nutrition programs, close food access gaps for low-income communities, and develop innovative strategies to end hunger nationwide. Sponsored by the Food Research & Action Center in cooperation with the National CACFP Forum, the…