San Luis Obispo

Douglas Amaral is the new pomology, water and soils advisor in Kings and Tulare counties Douglas Amaral joined UCCE in Kings and Tulare counties as pomology, water and soils advisor on Oct. 1, 2020.

According to KidsData.org, almost 74% of Kern County adults are either overweight or obese. Furthermore, 2018 data from Department of Education Physical Fitness tests indicated that Kern fifth graders overweight or obese rates at 44.9%, were 5% higher than the state average.

Agritourism Intensive 2021; Virtual class starts soon in SLO County University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP) and UC Cooperative Extension have partnered with SLO Farm Bureau, FARMstead ED, SLO Farm Trail, Visit SLO CAL, Paso Robles Wine Country Allia...

Woodmansee named UCCE livestock and natural resources advisor Grace Woodmansee will join UC Cooperative Extension in Siskiyou County as a livestock and natural resources advisor on Jan. 4, 2021.

I stood by our courtyard wall and worked my spade into the hard, clay soil. I'd always wanted to grow pomegranates, but my shaded half acre of Monterey pines and oaks in Cambria ruled out that possibility.

Victory Garden Workshop in San Luis Obispo The Victory Garden workshops consist of a series of four workshops that teach beginning gardeners the basics of starting a vegetable garden.

The following charts are updates of similar ones first presented here in 2015; they now include values through the 2019 harvest. They are helpful to appreciate the divergent paths that the wine grape industries in each county have been experiencing in recent years.

Are you considering agritourism or nature tourism on your farm or ranch? Would you like to expand your current agritourism or nature tourism business?

Carvalho de Souza Dias named UCCE agronomy and weed management advisor Jos Luiz Carvalho de Souza Dias joined UCCE on Nov. 2, 2020, as an area agronomy and weed management advisor in Merced, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties.

Pinus Attenuata By Linda Lewis Griffith UCCE Master Gardener Common Name: Knobcone Pine Planting Zone: Sunset 2-10, 14-21 Size: 20-80 ft. tall, 20-25 ft.