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How my training as a UC Master Gardener and Master Food Preserver helped me become healthy after a heart attack. About three quarters of the way into my certification training for UCCE Master Food Preserver, I experienced a heart attack which resulted in stent placements.

USDA is providing critical support to our nation's farmers and ranchers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).

This is a challenging year. Due to the COVID-19, we only implemented one biostimulant trial. We collaborated with BioWorks, Inc. to evaluate the use of a biofungicide (Root Shield Plus) and biofertilizer (On-Gard) alone or in combination to impact watermelon growth and yield production.

August brings many types of ripening produce to the Central Sierra, but some of the most striking summer colors and flavors come from peppers. Peppers come in sweet varieties, which include but aren't limited to bell peppers, and spicy varieties, which are also known as chiles.

Many of us in the UC Master Gardener program fell in love with gardening as children, introduced by an older friend or family member who was a passionate gardener.

On July 7, 2020, we launched the first UC Climate Stewards Instructor Training with 17 instructors from 11 pilot partner organizations across the state. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on meeting in person, we turned our planned 3-day, in-person training into a virtual venture.

I became a University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener in San Bernardino County in January of 2019. I had learned about it from a friend who is an instructor with the UCCE Master Food Preserver program.

Calling all Gardeners! Class is open!! Have you been thinking about taking the Master Gardener training class but aren't sure if it's for you?

By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County The tomato hornworm that so many gardeners detest has a beautiful future if we let it be. After a winter spent underground and when it is done with metamorphosis, it will become one of the loveliest and largest of the moth species.

Just when folks were beginning to think "it may be over and done" regarding Asian giant hornet sightings, it's not. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has just trapped its first Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, which the news media dubbed "the murder hornet.