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Dear Colleagues, The California Dry Bean Advisory Board is requesting applied research proposals for 2021. This commodity-based research request is sponsored by the California Dry Bean Marketing Order, under the guidance of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Only four in ten US children engage in the recommended amount of physical activity on a weekly basis, making a lack of physical activity among children a serious public health concern.

It's that time of year again! You may have started your Record books and while it can seem tedious you may find use of it in the future, either during an interview, or just looking back on the past. My grandmother's record book is a bit of a historic document.

2020 Service Pin Updates Each day brings us closer to 2021 and we find ourselves taking inventory on the lessons learned from this past year. We all did our best to make it through the isolation and despair and now hope is on the horizon for a brighter tomorrow.

February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Mark your calendar for Wednesdays starting at 2 p.m. in February to celebrate with ANR colleagues.

Dear Colleagues, The California Cling Peach Board (CCPB) is soliciting research proposals for consideration of funding through the FY 2021-2022 research budget.

HollyOber. UC Riverside News, holly.ober@ucr.edu https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/11/19/robot-tells-growers-when-water-crops-way Every backyard gardener knows how hard it can be to tell when to water the plants.

One of my first successful ventures into home gardening was planting garlic. If you are just starting out planting garlic is a sure winner, easy to plant, easy to grow! Garlic is one of the 700 species in the Allium family (Onion family).

[From Pests in the Urban Landscape blog] Mistletoe is a familiar sight of the season, often found wrapped in ribbon and hung for certain festivities this time of year.

Cynthia Kerson I worked hard to grow veggies from seed for this year's spring and fall plantings. While I do a fine job of bringing starters to full production with little loss, I can only rarely get seeds to cooperate. I have an area in my garage set up with heat pads and grow lights.