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UC ANR officially reopened all locations on July 1. Risk & Safety Services Director Brian Oatman and Interim Human Resources Executive Director Bethanie Brown recently reviewed and updated UC ANR's guidelines on re-opening and remote work.

I was called by a local raspberry grower to figure out the situation depicted below. In short, the fruit has split and both the groups of druplets and the receptacle has separated.

During the heat of summer, blackberries ripen on vines throughout California. While blackberries grow well in many regions of the state, the types that grow in wilderness areas tend to be smaller and contain more seeds than the large, sweet berries grown in gardens and on farms.

Flowers: they're not just for centerpieces anymore- If there's a silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, it's that many of us turned to cooking and gardening to cope with many more hours at home and enforced isolation.

Baur named Western IPM Center director After leading the Western Integrated Pest Management Center through the global COVID crisis as acting director, Matt Baur has been named permanent director effective July 1 to lead the center into the post-pandemic future.

The President's Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources (PAC) met virtually on June 16 and had a lively discussion with one another and later with President Drake about how UC ANR can deliver on the president's priorities of social/environmental justice, public health and economic i...

A little boredom sounds good right now. Merit and promotion package reviews are over, but time still seems to be inadequate for the workload. I think it is due to the short week whereby the number of meetings didn't decrease, but were rather crunched into fewer, longer days.

Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay ANR Learning & Development Webpage Past webinar recordings EXTENSION DELIVERY Virtual Summer School with National Association of Extension Programs (NAEPSDP) Moving Extension Forward: July 12 - 16 Noon 1 p.m. (PDT) Click here to register.

Please see the link for information on "2021 Walnut Freeze: Reporting the Damage.

Are you interested in helping others and giving back to your community? Do you have a passion for gardening and volunteering? The UCCE Stanislaus County* Master Gardener Program is now accepting applications for 2022.