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Soil health refers to the ability of a specific soil to perform multiple functions, including nutrient cycling, sustaining plant and animal growth, maintaining diversity, regulating water dynamics, moderating climate and a whole slew of other attributes we expect of soils.

Three weeks ago my colleague and I were discussing the successes and challenges with our Teens as Teachers programs. Teen participation in Sacramento 4-H YES and Cooking Academy projects exploded this year as we had 69 high-school youth delivering these weekly sessions at afterschool sites.

August 12th at the Kern County Fairgrounds-Goat Ring See attached for Schedule, Entry, Class sheet, and Hydrate the Homeless...

California Rice Field Day is scheduled for Wednesday, August 30, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES) in Biggs. The annual event provides growers and other interested parties a chance to see and discuss research in progress at the RES.

International dragonfly authority and researcher Rosser Garrison, who retired as a senior insect biosystematist with the California Department of Food and Agriculture in 2017 and has authored such well-cited books as Dragonfly Genera of the New World: an llustrated and Annotated Key to the Anisopter...

It is with profound grief the Nutrition Policy Institute has learned of the untimely death of a dear colleague and early childhood nutrition and physical activity public health researcher at the University of North Carolina, Dianne S. Ward.

So much comes to fruition in our gardens during the month of August. Thus, it's a good idea to plan ahead to keep our late summer gardens perfect. Here are some gardening tips and tasks that will keep you and your plants, blooms and crops happy: Check citrus for heavy fruit set.

Also, we invite you to take some time to come see us at the Orange County Fair Master Gardener booth and bring us your gardening questions. Master Food Preservers also have a working booth in the OC Promenade.

The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to join us for a free, in-person "Victory Vegetable Gardening for TRUE Beginners" series. The four-class series runs September 9, 16, 23, & 30, from 1 pm - 3 pm.

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