San Luis Obispo

Fire scientist Kate Wilkin was on the job just a few weeks when ferocious winds whipped up the Northern California firestorm of 2017.

Pickles By Carol Michael UCCE Master Food Preserver I've been hearing about quick pickles. Can I adapt a traditional family pickle recipe to make it a quick pickle? -Lizette C. San Luis Obispo The bounty of fresh cucumbers is upon us.

July 21, 2019 Twenty-six videos on vegetable production are now available at the UC ANR You Tube channel, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLjlfxpbNglYF2m7tvApfiR5NXParpvGP.

This year's Regional Rendezvous (August 16-18) will host an abundance of learning opportunities for our CalNat participants. Aside from the amazing activities and adventures (such as kayaking, birding, historic building and nature preserve visits, traditional tool use workshop, etc.

Soils and Water Management By Leonard Cicerello UCCE Master Gardener How can I get more enjoyment out of my gardens? Denise S. Morro Bay I came across an old saying, feed the soil, not the plant.

A research project on service-grazing by sheep and goat producers is being conducted by Erin Campbell-Craven, a graduate student in the Department of Animal Science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Longtime local UC Cooperative Extension advisor retires (Appeal-Democrat) Jake Abbott, June 30 [Page A1] After nearly four decades as the Yuba-Sutter area's tree crops and environmental horticulture advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension, Janine Hasey recently announced that she would leave the po...

Muramoto hired as first UCCE organic ag specialist Joji Muramoto joined ANR on May 29 as an assistant Cooperative Extension organic production specialist.

Laurel wilt A threat to California's avocado industry Presented by: California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, University of California Cooperative Extension, and University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center.

Youth in low-income communities of color face health inequities. While 14.6% of all California adolescents ages 12-17 are classified as obese, rates are much higher among Latino adolescents (20.2%) and highest among adolescents in very low-income households (20.4% vs. 12.