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Bounteous, Beautiful Buckwheats for Coastal Gardens

November 1, 2020
In times of drought and fire, gardeners can truly be heroes. What we plant, where we plant, and how we tend the plantings can individually and collectively impact our water supply, fire resistance, and stressed bird, bee, and insect populations.
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Laura Vollmer
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Names in the News

September 30, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Vollmer named UCCE nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor Laura Vollmer joined UC Cooperative Extension in San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties on Sept. 8, 2020, as a nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor.
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Cattle grazing is a tool for reducing fire danger

September 10, 2020
Reposted from the UCANR news Cattle can help reduce wildfire danger by grazing on fine fuels in rangeland and forest landscapes, reported Sierra Dawn McClain in Capital Press. The article also appeared in the Blue Mountain Eagle, the Westerner and the East Oregonian.
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Cattle grazing reduces wildfire fuel in rural areas.
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Cattle grazing is a tool for reducing fire danger

September 10, 2020
Cattle can help reduce wildfire danger by grazing on fine fuels in rangeland and forest landscapes, reported Sierra Dawn McClain in Capital Press. The article also appeared in the Blue Mountain Eagle, the Westerner and the East Oregonian.
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Good news continues!

September 8, 2020
Despite the television news (stock market, Rochester, fires, temperatures) the good news continues in UC ANR! Laura Ann Yee Vollmer started this week as the Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Adviser, based in Half Moon Bay, with programmatic responsibilities in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San...
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