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Organic Farming Research Foundation has published the new California Organic Research Agenda (CORA), a comprehensive report that examines current needs and challenges of organic farmers and ranchers across California and provides policy and research recommendations to address producer-identified iss...

There's a way for a bear to outsmart a fox. A teddy bear bee, that is. We just witnessed a male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, aka "the teddy bear bee," buzz up to a patch of foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea. Then he engaged in the foraging behavior known as nectar-robbing.

Growing roses on the coast can be more of a challenge than in other parts of the Bay Area. Wind, higher humidity, cloudy weather, and salty air can thwart the gardener's quest for lovely blooms.

Glorious, homegrown tomatoes are the rock stars of the summer garden.

May 30, 2022 The Lexicon of Sustainability's Gayeton visits Park Farming and Fully Belly Farm Douglas Gayeyon, storyteller and creative force behind the Lexicon of Sustainability (https://www.thelexicon.

Melody Kendall Pesticide use has become quite the controversy of late. I have used products in the past that now make me cringe when I think about how blithely I spread such toxic compounds in my garden.

When you sit down to share a meal with family and friends, you might not be thinking the pests that want their share. But you should. And if you attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 1 to 4 p.m.

Six weeks ago, I dug up my undies. Earlier this year, I decided to repeat an experiment that the new class of Napa County Master Gardeners had conducted last winter: I buried my underpants. Why do such a thing? The results will tell you how active the residents of your soil are.

Molecular geneticist and nematologist Isgouhi Kaloshian, divisional dean of the Agricultural and Natural Resources for the Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UC Riverside, and a professor at UC Riverside, will be the next and final speaker of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's sp...

Hollingsworth named UCCE table grape advisor Joy Hollingsworth began working as the new UCCE table grape advisor serving Tulare and Kings counties on May 16.