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After more than 100 4-H members, UC Master Gardeners and others attended a Riverside Board of Supervisors' meeting in support of UC Cooperative Extension June 10, the panel voted 5-0 to restore UCCE's funding, reported Jeff Horseman and Matt Kristoffersen in the Riverside Press Enterprise.

There was a fascinating article in the New York Times on June 9th on corporate control of seeds for mass agribusiness production. The bottom line for the writer, Dan Barber, is the importance of developing more emphasis on seed diversity than uniformity, organic farming versus corporate production.

Odd that people from the Oakland office came to Davis Monday to cool off, citing that their homes in the Bay area don't have air conditioners and that it was actually cooler in Davis. That didn't last long.

Insects played a key role in the recent awards announced by the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences (ACE). Five entomology-related entries from UC Davis won awards.

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This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, UC Master Gardener and KUCI Staff Host Sally Richards will interview fellow MGs Debra Koskof and Deb Ringler to let you know ways to lure your kids away from the electronics and get them out into the garden! You can start planning now for fun summ...

On June 5, the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program hosted an online giving event called #BigDigDay. This was an opportunity for community members to invest in our new local program.

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It's been awhile since I attempted gardening any kinds of vegetables out in the Mesa after the initial year of failures. I thought hard about putting in raised beds closer to the house, maybe putting in a pest deterrent fence around it.

2019 Annual Alfalfa and Forage Field Day Thursday, September 19, 2019 UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center - Parlier Save the Date!...