Test PB Collection: FTE

New parents returning to work after the birth of a child face a lot of questions and uncertainties, particularly around breastfeeding.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Teatime class is coming up! So popular last year that it is being presented again. Come and enjoy learning about go-withs when having a cup of tea. As an added bonus for planning your future attendance is a list of 2019's classes with the San Bernardino Master food Preservers.

Pretty interesting conference on biological control cooking for March 5 in Santa Maria overseen by colleague Farm Advisor Surendra Dara. I was invited too, but had to decline because of conflicts.

Much like other parts of California, the Southern Sacramento Valley has seen some substantial rainstorms this season. The weather patterns left growers with a few narrow planting windows spread out over the last two months.

South Coast Research and Extension Center Cherimoya Tasting 2019 The South Coast Research and Extension Center hosted visitors coming from all over Southern California attending the annual Cherimoya Tasting on January 18, 2019.

UC Cooperative Extension cropping systems specialist Jeff Mitchell is issuing a standing invitation to the public to visit the site of an ongoing conservation agriculture research project and see for themselves the results of long-term soil-building practices.

Sauerkraut By Diane Galvan UCCE Master Food Preserver I've noticed fermented foods like sauerkraut are popular. While I'm casually familiar with sauerkraut, what makes it fermented', and is it difficult to prepare? -Angela B.

Attractions in the UC ANR tent at space 137 on I Street, just west of Pavilion A, include the opportunity to meet researchers, enjoy fresh citrus from the Lindcove Research and Extension Center, taste moringa tea, and enter to win a poster-size satellite image of one's own farm. TULARE, Calif.

I spent much of the weekend working. Although I wasn't able to login to Project Board, I know I have many dossiers to review. For those who prepared the documents and successfully uploaded them by Friday, close of business, I suspect you may have taken the weekend off.

This is the time of year when you will see mushrooms popping up all over, and with all this rain we are having in the Bay Area you're likely to see even more until the weather starts warming up in March. It really pays off to learn about our local fungi especially if you have children or pets.