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Grown in Marin: Event

Land Access & Land Capital Hybrid Workshop

Jun 18, 2025

The American Farmland Trust (AFT), the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and the USDA Office of Partnerships & Public Engagement (OPPE) are partnering to host this hybrid workshop that will cover information on USDA FSA and SBA loans and the following topics:Buying…
Grown in Marin
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI researcher Danielle Lee to present at the 2025 National WIC Association’s Education and Training Conference

April 14, 2025
By Jean Aquino, Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute’s Danielle Lee will present with University of California, Berkeley’s Jessica Rangel and Pepperdine University’s Rebeca Oropeza at the 2025 National WIC Association’s Education and Training Conference. The conference will reflect on past successes and discuss policy…
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Penstemon
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

Penstemon: too good to be true?

April 14, 2025
 Foothill penstemon is a true blue California native that blooms profusely yet needs little water. It also attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds – but deer stay away. This beautiful perennial has close relatives available in many colors: white, yellow, pink, purple, and red. Penstemon is the…
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spring blooms
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

Gardener's checklist for spring

April 14, 2025
MARCH Maintenance and preventionChop up cover crop foliage into small pieces if you grew a cover crop. Turn under or add the clippings to your compost pile.Replace path mulches that have been washed away by heavy rains.Apply two to four inches of mulch where existing mulch is thin or soil…
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spring blooms
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

Gardener's checklist for spring

April 14, 2025
MARCH Maintenance and preventionChop up cover crop foliage into small pieces if you grew a cover crop. Turn under or add the clippings to your compost pile.Replace path mulches that have been washed away by heavy rains.Apply two to four inches of mulch where existing mulch is thin or soil…
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Westringia
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

A Westringia for every garden

April 14, 2025
 Looking for an attractive plant that uses little water, is pest and deer-resistant, looks good year-round, and can serve a variety of garden purposes? Westringia may be just the plant for you. This easy-care evergreen shrub has gray-green to green or variegated foliage. Westringia is native to…
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California 4-H Grown: Article

4-H Transforms Lives

April 14, 2025
By Suzanne Morikawa
Ashley, one of our California 4-H State Ambassadors, is now a semi-finalist for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation undergaduate scholarship! She attributes this opportunity to her involvement in 4-H. Her TikTok video shares more about her 4-H experience and opportunity, and she wants to especially thank the…
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UC Master Gardeners of Amador County: Event

Open Garden Day at The Heritage Rose Garden (Jackson)

Jun 21, 2025

Open Garden Day is June 21st, from 10am to noon at 1324 Jackson Road in Jackson, CA. Tour the blooming roses and California native plantsLearn about what Master Gardeners volunteers did to earn the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Garden Certification.Explore ways you too can create wildlife…
UC Master Gardeners of Amador County
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Seed Midge
Colusa County: Article

Colusa/Yolo Rice Briefs - April 2025

April 14, 2025
By Sarah Marsh Janish
In this Issue:Chlorine Seed TreatmentsSummary of the 2024 Variety TrialsThe Usual Suspects  - ArthropodsLate Season Control Options for Watergrass – 2025 UpdatesEmergency Commodity Assistance Program: Long and Medium Grain Rice Qualify for Relief
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Mendocino County: Event

Amphibian Amble

Apr 26, 2025

 Take a walk on the wild side with JDSF Biologist Robert Douglas. Enjoy a guided stroll through the redwoods while searching for newts, salamanders, and more! When: 4/26/25 from 9am to noonWhere: Camp One Day Use Area (Jackson Demonstration State Forest)Walk will includes moderate physical activity…
Mendocino County
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