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Central Sierra: Pickle Palooza - (in person Jackson)

Jul 19 2025

Did you know that many vegetables and fruits can be pickled, not just cucumbers? Join us to learn how a variety of different fruits and vegetables can become a pickled or fermented product. We’ll cover a variety of pickling techniques including refrigerator, freezer, fermented, and canned pickles.

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Central Sierra: Everything Herbs (in person - Jackson)

May 17 2025

Culinary herbs are an easy way to add healthy flavor and great taste to your cooking. Growing your own herbs keeps food costs lower as well as adding attractive, fragrant, and tasty plants to your landscape. A joint Master Gardener/Master Food Preserver class will discuss easy annual and perennial herbs to…

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Ask A UC Master Food Preserver - Online Q&A

Apr 2 2025

A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.

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Central Sierra: All About Berries: Combo Class (in Person Cameron Park)

Jul 12 2025

Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers combine their knowledge in this class on berries.

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Lettuce seedlings in a tray with white plastic identification tags for each seedling

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New video series to help new California vegetable growers

May 5, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

To train new people to work with California specialty crops and update the skills of current workers, educators from UC Davis and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fresno State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chico State and five California community colleges are producing educational videos.

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Amador Compost Learning Center

A new Community Compost Site opens in June 2025 at Mother Lode Land Trust’s C and C Ranch. This is a collaborative effort by the Land Trust, University of California Master Gardeners, Amador Waste Management and Recycling Department, and is supported by a generous grant from CalRecycle. This partnership was…

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At Mendocino Grape Day event, Chris Chen engages with local growers

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Advisor Chen works for resilient future for viticulture in Northern California

April 14, 2025

By Matthew Barnes

Christopher Chen, UC Cooperative Extension integrated vineyard systems advisor for Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, works to ensure that the vineyards that produce the region’s world-renowned wines can thrive amid the challenges of climate change, wildfires and water scarcity.

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A prescribed burn at the UC ANR Hopland Research and Extension Center (2024)

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UC researchers study smoke risk to vineyards from prescribed grassland fires

March 27, 2025

By Christopher C Chen

In the winegrape vineyards of northern California, fire and its associated smoke pose a unique threat in the form of smoke-taint damage to the fruit. A preliminary study looks at whether prescribed burning as a fire prevention method poses a risk to winegrape crops.

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Central Sierra | Master Food Preservers | Preserved Tomato Recipe Collection

So you've spent the latter part of your summer preserving tomatoes. Congratulations! Don't be daunted by the thought of what to do with all of these gorgeous preserved goodies, take a look at the UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra's preserved tomato recipe collection.

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Seed Saving Basics

Garden Help > How ToSaving seeds is an easy and economical way to continue growing favorite varieties.Top tips for successful seed saving Save seeds from healthy plants and healthy produce. Seeds from sickly plants may produce weak seedlings, might pass on genetic weakness, or even harbor…

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