After noticing a sign at South Coast REC asking consumers to use produce grown onsite in their everyday cooking, Spinelli felt inspired. The sign also requested photos of homemade dishes be sent to ...

The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere's ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every ...

Back in 2021 the California Invasive Plant Council (CAL IPC) and UC IPM launched the online decision support tool “ WeedCUT ” for wildland weed mangers to help assist making management decisions for ...

Before joining UC ANR, Swain, who grew up in the Bay Area, was at UCLA and held a concurrent appointment as a research fellow in the Capacity Center for Climate and Weather Extremes at the NSF ...

We can retrofit existing communities to better withstand such events. Providing better water supply and distribution systems, hardening homes, establishing evacuation plans for communities, and ...

The people who produce our food need support – especially in the areas of mental and physical well-being – to recover from increasingly widespread wildfire, scientists have found. The federal Farm ...

Please join UCCE Mendocino/Lake for its 2025 Sheep Shearing School to learn about how to properly shear sheep the New Zealand Way. Its dates are April 7-11 located in Clearlake Oaks in Lake County.

To help growers manage irrigation and nutrients for young and immature orchards, UC Cooperative Extension is offering workshops in Madera, Stockton, Parlier and Tulare.

First responders are fiercely battling five raging wildfires in Los Angeles County, wildfires fueled by dry conditions and the hurricane-force Santa Ana winds. The most extensive: the Palisades Fire.

The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB) approved Ag Order 4.0 in April of 2021. This regulatory action requires growers to calculate the quantity of nitrogen (N) that leaves ...

Winter, a season often associated with tranquility and hibernation, presents challenges for gardeners and landscape enthusiasts. While the garden may appear dormant, much must be done to ensure its ...

In June, 2024, I wrote a blog about a magnificent old Prickly Pear Opuntia basilaris cactus garden located in the Peña Adobe Regional Park, just west of Vacaville ...