Nutrition & Health

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Who's Been Eating My Cabbage?
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Who Is Eating My Cabbage?

October 29, 2018
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Something has literally destroyed my cabbage. A month ago I found large groups of tiny white bugs on the bottom of some leaves, possibly spider mites.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Free passes to San Diego Food Tank Summit offered to ANR students

October 26, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The inaugural San Diego Food Tank Summit will be held Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Food Tank is extending a special invitation to students associated with UC ANR to attend the Summit for free! Please share this message with your students to spread the word about this opportunity.
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hardneck garlic
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Growing Hardneck Garlic

October 22, 2018
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: My sister brought me some heads of hardneck garlic from her harvest in Idaho. I would like to know when is the best time to plant this garlic for this area.
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A fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, feeding on a banana. (Photo by Sanjay Acharya, courtesy of Wikipedia)

What This Scientist Discovered in an Insect and Why It Matters

October 19, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What this scientist discovered in an insect and why it matters... Naoki Yamanaka, an assistant professor at UC Riverside (UCR), is known for his innovative and creative research. In fact, the National Institute of Health (NIH) just awarded him a $2.
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Sometimes weeds are tasty, like amaranth and purslane
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicide injury in avocado

October 18, 2018
By Gale Perez
From the Topics in Subtropics blog (Oct. 15, 2018) ****************** Although the main objective of herbicide use in avocado orchards (and all crops) is to manage weed populations, sometimes unintentional injury of the crop itself can occur when herbicides are incorrectly applied.
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Dry beans cook up quickly into a healthful, inexpensive meals in electric pressure cookers. (Photo: Pixabay)

It’s electric?! Breaking down electric pressure cookers

October 17, 2018
By Shannon Klisch, Katherine E Soule
You may have heard the buzz about electric pressure cookers. Even if you don't follow kitchen trends, this piece of equipment may take some of the "pressure off" of preparing meals. From personal experience, I can say that they're also quite fun! Pressure cooking vs.
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