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When Tracy Schohr volunteered in her son's pre-K class a couple years ago, she was stunned to find out that only two of the 20 children had ever been around a tractor. And this was in the rural Butte County community of Gridley, in the heart of California's rice-growing region.

UC ANR Small Farms Network supports small-scale and underserved farmers impacted by extreme heat Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, interim director for the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, joined more than 100 participants from across the country at the first-ever White House Summit...

The Climate Analogs Academy is recruiting 12 Cooperative Extension professionals from around the U.S. to engage in dialogue, workshops and get paid to visit specialty crop experts around the country throughout the 2025 calendar year.

Herbs may not be the stars in the Edible Demonstration Garden, but they are notable members of the supporting cast. Its hard to imagine a flourishing vegetable garden without a few culinary herbs as companions.

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There are lots of reasons to include native plants in your garden. But do you know when the native plant movement began in California and why the use of native plants is so important? Theodore Payne (1872-1963) is generally considered the father of the native plant movement in California. Mr.

Watching the transformation of my front landscape over the past six months has been nothing short of exhilarating. Despite the challenges of an exceptionally hot summer, the plants have thrived, slowly acclimating to their new environment.

In this issue: - UC Dairy Conference - HPAI updates - Navel diseases in calves - BRD considerations...

An effective UC Master Gardener volunteer should see themselves first as a gardener, then a student, as well as a teacher, a storyteller, and finally, a defender of our shared California waterways and clean air.

In the Summer 2024 edition of this blog, I highlighted the eliasome, a fleshy appendage on some seeds that allows ants to transport them into their nests to feed their young. The seeds are then taken to the ants' compost pile where they often germinate in the rich environment.