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UC Organic Agriculture Institute: Event

Seeds of Success: Crop Livestock Integration

Jun 26, 2025

Are you an organic farmer that is interested in using your livestock in your crop rotation? Are you wondering how others have overcome some of the complexities of integrating your farm system? Would you like to hear directly from farmers who have experience in this topic?If you answered yes to any of these…

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The Savvy Sage: Article

Landscape Transitions Part 1 - Focal Points

June 12, 2025

By Deborah Cunningham

Article by Kate Bear - Nearly three years ago, my husband and I moved to Davis. The house we bought for our retirement life had a yard that included drip irrigation and no lawn, two positive attributes. The landscape was neat and easy to maintain, but didn’t satisfy my desire for variety, color,…

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The Savvy Sage: Article

The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger – A Fresh Look at the Other Kingdom - Pt. II

June 12, 2025

By Deborah Cunningham

Article by Mike Kluk - The first half of this article was published last month. So, if you missed it, you can click here to read it. The Light Eaters is a recently published book looking at current research that is revealing how plants interact with, respond to, and manipulate other…

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UC Organic Agriculture Institute: Event

Understanding Organic and Small Farm Marketing

Jul 16, 2025

Please join CAFF, Riverside RCD, and Inland Empire RCD on the evening of Wednesday, July 16th, as we speak about the basics of Organic and Small Farm Marketing and present CCOF’s latest resource, the “Small Organic Farmer Marketing Toolkit”.Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, digital…

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UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County: Event

Central Sierra: Visit Sherwood Garden! Open Garden Day (EDC MG)

Aug 30, 2025

Visit Sherwood Demonstration Garden Sherwood Demonstration Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays, weather permitting. Come and take a leisurely stroll through all 16 themed gardens. Docents are on-site to assist you with any questions regarding Sherwood Demonstration Garden or your personal garden. May…

UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County

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UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County: Event