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By Faith Kearns. When I came face to face with beaver dams for the first time, I had what can only be described as a transformative experience, says Emily Fairfax, an assistant professor of environmental science and resource management at California State University, Channel Islands.

The predator and the prey... Or the predator-to-bee. Currently, honey bees are foraging on our tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii, in our family's pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. It's a veritable tower of bees.

How soon can we, as a nation, acquire herd immunity or immune protection to COVD-19? Herd immunity refers to the proportion of a population required for the rate of disease spread to equal zero, says UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology.

We are excited to announce the UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program has started a YouTube Channel! Our goal is to bring you FREE gardening programming asked for by members of the community. Our first video, Spring Container Vegetable Gardening was just posted.

Last fall I decided to experiment with three different cover crops for my raised vegetable beds. A cover crop serves multiple purposes, including by serving as a green manure that replenishes soil as well as provides weed suppression.

This year especially, many people have been eager to get an early start on their vegetable gardens.

In the midst of a pandemic, it is difficult to define health or healthy in any other terms other than no COVID-19 detected, recovered from COVID-19 or remaining asymptomatic from COVID-19. However, health is not just the absence of disease.

Revised date for UC ANR telecommute and limited on-site operations status As you know, Governor Newsom's statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect with no defined end date. That said, there has been considerable statewide conversation regarding return-to-workplace timeline and protocols.

Note: This post was adapted from my Foothill Agrarian blog. I've read a number of Twitter threads over the last six weeks that have been focused on supporting local farmers and ranchers during the COVID-19 crisis.

University of California researchers and program staff are working to answer questions and provide information and resources relating to the food system and COVID-19.