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Vice President Glenda Humiston hosted 50 high-level representatives from 24 countries as part of the Tenth Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE 10) on Innovation and Entrepreneurship tour of Northern California Oct. 21-27.

As some readers may know, I put out a quarterly newsletter (The New Foothill Rancher in Placer and Nevada Counties; The New Ranch Update in Sutter and Yuba Counties).

Of the many known varieties, they fall into three broad categories based on whether they are of the Mexican, Guatemalan or West Indian races of Persea americana, the avocado specie and the crosses that occur between these races.

A new breed of ranchers is bringing diverse demographics and unique needs to rangeland management in California. These first-generation ranchers are often young, female and less likely to, in fact, own a ranch.

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Market Facilitation Program Workshops November 7 | November 8 | November 9 You are invited to attend a Market Facilitation Program workshop hosted by the Almond Alliance and Almond Board of California to learn how to apply for this funding.

Market Facilitation Program Workshops November 7 | November 8 | November 9 You are invited to attend a Market Facilitation Program workshop hosted by the Almond Alliance and Almond Board of California to learn how to apply for this funding.

A monarch chrysalis at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis proved to be a big hit. Literally.

Eager to learn how one might create black gold', workshop participants gave their full attention to presenter Becky Touchette, UCCE Orange County Master Gardener, as she provided them with the knowledge to create the perfect compost set-up for their landscape big or small.

We finally have a label for the insecticide Sequoia.

Recently, I visited Portland, Oregon, where I stumbled across a Pollinator Corridor in the Lloyd District, a commercial neighborhood, located in the North and Northeast sections of the city.