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Long time UC Cooperative Extension advisor Allan Fulton said his interest in agriculture started young and never waned. He will retire July 1 after nearly 35 years working in the industry.

Jose Aguiar Rachel Elkins Beth Grafton-Cardwell Allan Fulton Kurt Hembree Anna Martin Glenn McGourty John Roncoroni Rhonda Smith Cheryl Wilen From farm worker to farm advisor - A life of fulfillment Jose Aguiar, who has been working as a vegetable crops small farm advisor for the University of Calif...

Three UC Davis-affiliated communication specialists won a total of six writing or photography awards in a global competition hosted by the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

Sitting on my front porch, thinking about ideas for my monthly blog, I became entranced by the hummingbirds visiting my salvia. Thirty minutes later, I started researching how to attract more of these mesmerizing birds to my garden.

Gardening nourishes our body, mind, and soul, and makes us healthy and happy. Watching tiny seeds are growing into the edible plants is both therapeutic and rewarding. However, gardening is not the cultural norm, and many of us do not have basic gardening knowledge and skills.

What a lot of bees. These are Miner or Chimney bee nests. Another type of Digger bee, these nests are from Santa Paula Canyon thanks to Nathan Lurie The hills are alive with the sound of BEE-EEZZE. And often they are found crawling on the ground, as is the case of Digger Bees.

UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor Deepa Srivastava asks for her colleagues' help in a virtual project that she initiated to understand family food resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic.

General situation: Things have warmed up recently.

Four staff research associates will join the ranks of UC Cooperative Extension scientists in the coming months to support nut crop advisors conducting critical research in walnut, almond and pistachio production.

Roses are back, in the home garden! For the next month, you will see roses most anywhere you look outside, and most of them add to the general floral background fragrance that can permeate our home gardens. Roses show up in our art and literature at least as far back as ancient Crete.