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Schools have reopened from their summer breaks and school activities are already in full swing. The school gardens are drawing their fair bit of attention from the school communities.
As the statewide water scarcity and rising inflation hit the California agriculture, food production with reduced inputs while maintaining productivity and controlling production cost heighten the necessity of using environmentally-sustainable farming practices.
Visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed "Weird and Wonderful Wasps," learned about wasps and other insects, crafted gall ghosts, and took selfies with Madagascar hissing cockroaches and stick insects. It was the first special event of the fall season.
This article is a follow-up to Testing Targeted Rotational Grazing for Ecological and Financial Benefits, which was published on this blog on July 7, 2021.
As the drought continues on the central coast, growers are trying to utilize water as efficiently as possible to produce their crops. Retaining and reusing sprinkler runoff, also referred to as tail water, can be an important strategy to increasing water conservation.