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The Produce Safety Rule regulates the growing, harvesting and packing of produce. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
Food Blog: Article

New food-safety guide outlines laws and best practices for urban farmers

February 16, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Californians growing food in cities now have help understanding the food safety laws that apply to them. A free publication containing California-specific information on rules and regulations for urban farmers was recently published by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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The Asian giant hornet, which the news media named "murder hornet." (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
Bug Squad: Article

Murder Hornets: Murder in the First Degree?

February 15, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Want to learn about "murder hornets?" Entomologists cringe every time someone substitutes the moniker, "murder hornet," for the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia.
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Master Gardener helping a client in 2019.
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Have a Gardening or Pest Management Question?

February 15, 2021
By Anne E Schellman
Recently, one of our Master Gardeners wrote an article called Planning and Prepping Your Spring Garden. We hope you found these tips helpful, and would like to offer more help.
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C-the way it looks today, two years later
Spill the Beans: Article

A Vine Story

February 15, 2021
by Melody Kendall We have an oddly shaped lot with two fences. One is a normal six-foot tall neighbor-friendly fence. The other is six feet of fencing atop a four-foot retaining wall (that side of our yard is lower than the adjoining lot) creating a ten foot tall barrier fence.
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Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control manual cover
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control manual

February 14, 2021
By Gale Perez
Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control This manual provides comprehensive descriptions of 21 commonly used non-chemical weed control techniques and of biological control agents for 18 weed species/species groups that will help you as a practitioner treat weeds more effectively.
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Shady garden (sunset.com)
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Shady Spot Suggestions.

February 12, 2021
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County One of the challenges many gardeners face is how to make shady spots look good. Fortunately, many beautiful, flowering native plants thrive in shade. When you are planning your shade garden, analyze what kind of shade you're dealing with.
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Michael Zwahlen's family really digs gardening. One of many ANR staff members who participated in ANR GROW, Zwahlen planted vegetables.
ANR Employee News: Article

ANR GROWS bears fruit

February 12, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
ANR Staff Assembly's ANR GROWS program was so successful in 2020, they plan to offer it again this year, according to Marvin Flores, Staff Assembly chair for 2020-21.
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Research scientist Brian Weiss
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Brian Weiss Seminar on Tsetse Fly Holobiont

February 12, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Research scientist and lecturer Brian Weiss of Yale University's Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, New Haven, Conn., will speak on "Metabolic Complementation Between Members of the Tsetse Fly Holobiont" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar, set for 4:10 p.m.
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