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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

UC Nutrition Policy Institute is seeking to hire a chief business officer

January 24, 2020
By Danielle Lee
The chief business officer manages the administrative operations of the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), a research institute with a staff of approximately 30-40 academic, staff and student positions funded predominately by grants from large foundations, health care institutions or government agenc...
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Small spurge plant. (photo by David Bellamy)
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Spotted Spurge Scourge

January 24, 2020
Spotted Spurge (Euphorbia (=Chamaesyce) maculata) is a garden weed that can seem impossible to control. It grows rapidly and starts producing seeds at a very small size. A large plant can produce thousands of seeds.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Ventura ACP-HLB Task Force

January 24, 2020
By Ben A Faber
The following is compiled from the January newsletter of the Ventura County ACP-HLB Task Force Results of November scouting trip are available for the Canine Detection Team A team of six dogs and three handlers from F1K9 scouted 20 citrus ranches in Ventura County between Nov. 18 and Nov. 22, 2019.
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Heirloom tomatoes by Kim Schwind
The Real Dirt: Article

Heirloom Tomatoes

January 24, 2020
Heirloom tomatoes are open-pollinated varieties which were either introduced commercially before 1940, or grown from seeds that have been passed down at least 50 years through several generations of a family, religious, ethnic, or tribal group, without the plants crossing with another variety of the...
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Environmental Horticulture News: Article

Health, Happiness.....and School Gardens!

January 23, 2020
By Janet S Hartin
I love research results that can be applied to everyday life and wanted to pass along a couple of tidbits. Did you know that playing in the dirt (e.g.
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A male monarch nectaring on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Troubling Question: Why Are the Monarchs Declining in the West?

January 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The question is troubling: What's going on with the monarch butterfly population in the West? The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation reported this week that its Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count shows a decline for the second consecutive year.
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Dahlia. photo by Jennifer Baumbach
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Bulbs: It's Not Too Late to Plant Them

January 23, 2020
Even in the middle of winter, we know that spring can't be far behind. We see those delicious leaves from the bulbs we planted years ago just push up and out of the soil and our first hope of that welcome, warmer season dares to fill us with wonder and expectation.
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Overwintering monarchs in the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Nov. 30, 2015. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Elizabeth Crone: 'Why Are Monarchs Declining in the West?'

January 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Why Are the Monarch Butterflies Declining in the West?" When Professor Elizabeth Crone of Tufts University, Medford, Ma., zeroes in on that topic to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, she will discuss the challenges that both monarchs and ecologists face.
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