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Are you interested in starting an urban farm? Seeking details on how to raise backyard chickens and bees? Looking for information on laws, zoning and regulations that relate to urban agriculture? We offer resources on small-scale production, including soil, planting, irrigation, pest management, and harvesting, as well as information on the business of farming, such as how to market urban farm products.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
UC ANR Urban Agriculture Blog
Growing Food & Land Access/Security with Urban and Peri-Urban Farms on Faithlands
On August 25th, UCCE's Urban Ag & Food Systems Program tabled, paneled and supported the 8th Annual Food, Faith and Farms Conference in San Rafael, CA, hosted by Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative. The national Faithlands Conference,...
Upcoming Agroecological City Conference to Focus on Food Sovereignty, Food Justice
What does it mean to build a just and sustainable Agroecological City? Over this past year, the pandemic, climate disruptions and ongoing harm caused by racial violence have challenged our urban communities and food systems in unprecedented ways....
Backyard livestock and peri-urban agriculture
The urbanization of society has long since pushed people far away from producing their own agricultural products and into relying on imported goods from rural areas. However, there is an increasing trend in recent years to have livestock and poultry in...
UC Food and Agriculture Blogs
Webinars: Spiders, Pesticides and Water!
![Jumping spider eating a fly. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/94297small.jpg "Jumping spider eating a fly. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]")
Are you concerned about pesticides in our waterways? Join us on August 18, 2022 at noon for UC IPM's free monthly webinar to learn how to keep surface water clean by reducing pesticide use and runoff. The webinar will be presented by Karey...
Agave: The new drought-tolerant California crop?
UC Davis to study agave sustainability as tequila, mezcal industry grows Agriculture in California faces an uncertain future as drought, wildfires and other climate extremes become more commonplace in the West. But a fledgling industry...
Growing cereal crops with less fertilizer
Discovery could reduce nitrogen pollution, save farmers billions Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a way to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizers needed to grow cereal crops. The discovery could save farmers in the...
Bot Canker: Have You Heard of It?
![Thinning canopy is an early sign of Bot canker. [Credit: J. Downer]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/93035small.jpg "Thinning canopy is an early sign of Bot canker. [Credit: J. Downer]")
Ever heard of Bot canker? "Bot" stands for Botryosphaeria which is a plant disease that results in cankers of trees and other woody plants. This fungal disease can be worse under drought conditions when trees are stressed. Early symptoms like...
Redgum Lerp Psyllid Resource Updated
![Leaves of a river red gum eucalyptus tree covered with redgum lerp psyllids. The white growths are the “lerp” produced by the immature (nymph) stage of the insect. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/92910small.jpg "Leaves of a river red gum eucalyptus tree covered with redgum lerp psyllids. The white growths are the “lerp” produced by the immature (nymph) stage of the insect. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]")
If you have eucalyptus trees, you might have noticed white, crusty growth on the leaves. Or maybe you saw a sticky, blackened mess of fallen leaves under a eucalyptus tree. These are signs of the redgum lerp psyllid, one of the most common psyllid pests...
