Agriculture

Interested in getting the inside scoop on current research relevant to organic growers? Join UC ANR's Small Farms and Urban Agriculture advisors for the 2025 Organic Agriculture Seminar Series for Growers. The virtual, weekly, lunchtime series started January 14 and runs through March 10, 2025.

...

Widespread rain, strong winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour, dangerous surf, hazardous roads, flood watch, maybe power outages. That's the weather warning tonight.

Claire Tuohey-Mote joined UCANR in January 2025 and is working as a Staff Research Associate with the Small Farms Network. She is based in San Luis Obispo and will be working with small farmers in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.

(Update: Felicity Muth's Feb. 20th presentation is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Nv3DMH38s) If you missed the native bee booth in the Academic Surge Building during the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Feb.

Image: "urban farming," by Elizabeth Lloyd on Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Growing food in urban and peri-urban environments has many documented and diverse benefits, including enhancing food sovereignty and building community.

These are hard days for navel oranges. Drought stress. Salt stress due to drought. And no rain this fall. And here comes the big one. This is ripe for navel splitting. This time of year when they are starting to build sugar, they are also ripe for splitting.

The recent U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) annual report on Brazilian citrus included updates on citrus greening disease, production and planted area.

Our Small Farms Fresno and Madera Team has been working with growers in the area since 2022 on a project to promote healthy soil practices. This project was initiated under the previous Small Farms Advisor Ruth-Dahlquist Willard.

Congratulations to all the newly announced recipients of awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA)! Honors well deserved! Capsule information on our four UC Davis-affiliated award recipients: Professor Jason Bond, described as a powerhouse in the world of systematics a...