Test PB Collection: FTE

Henry Shaw, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Part 1: When is a tablespoon not a tablespoon?Common salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), is the most widely used condiment worldwide. It’s also the only rock we normally eat. (“Halite” is the geological term for rock salt.) Today, you can buy a…

Travis Alexander, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Coordinator In our funding agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, we committed to conducting periodic evaluations (6-month, 12-month, 18-month) of our monthly newsletter. We would greatly appreciate it if each of…

Melisa Spence, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer When I heard that we were highlighting strawberries this month, my mind immediately went to this cornmeal olive oil cake with a strawberry jam swirl from pastry chef Teresa Finney*. Finney suggests using any jam you like or have on hand,…

Penny Pearson, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program TraineeCounty of residence: Placer Image credit: Penny Pearson, 2025.  Some of my earliest—and most vivid—memories are tied to jars. Not just any jars, but the gleaming, jewel-toned jars that lined the walls of my grandparents' root cellar…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and low 90s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. There are already scattered TSWV infections in crops in Fresno and Kings.  The key objective is to stop these scattered…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and low 90s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. There are already scattered TSWV infections in crops in Fresno and Kings.  The key objective is to stop these scattered…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and low 90s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. Thrips development: Generation 2 adults are peaking right now.  Generation 3 will be developing on plants this…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and high 80s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. Thrips development: Generation 2 adults will reach their peak numbers around May 14th.  Generation 3 will be…

May 2, 2025 UpdateGeneral Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low to high 80s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development.  Thrips development: Generation 2 adults will reach their peak numbers in the next few days. …