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Still Need to Think About Water

May 20, 2020
By Ben A Faber
From Stanford: Future Water Resources California isn't running out of water, says Richard Luthy. It's running out of cheap water. But the state can't keep doing what it's been doing for the past 100 years. Luthy knows.
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Mapping COVID19: a technology wrap-up

April 8, 2020
Hello everyone, I hope you are all healthy, safe, sane, and if possible, being productive. Here I provide a summary of some of the mapping technology that has been used in the past few weeks to understand the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 map-based data dashboards.
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Mapping COVID19: a brief technology overview

April 8, 2020
By Andrew J Lyons, Shane T Feirer, Maggi Kelly
Hello everyone, we hope you are all healthy, safe, sane, and being as productive as possible. Here we provide a summary of some of the mapping technology that has been used in the past few weeks to understand the COVID-19 pandemic.
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No-till seeding directly into prior crop residue, Five Points, CA, April 2007
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Improving farming systems for the common good

April 2, 2020
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
This is a preview of an article for Progressive Crop Consultant magazine. Recently, two types of evidence have emerged to indicate that farmers must make substantial changes in their crop production systems in the future. The first is economic.
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Names in the News

March 26, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Whitesell joins UCCE as human wildlife conflict advisor Carolyn Whitesell joined UC Cooperative Extension as an assistant human-wildlife interactions advisor for San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and Sonoma counties on Feb. 18, 2020.
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Frank McPherson
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Names in the News

February 28, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
McPherson joins ANR as Bay Area UCCE regional director Frank McPherson joined UC ANR on Feb. 3, 2020, as a regional director for UC Cooperative Extension serving Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties, and Elkus Ranch Environmental Education Center.
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A focus on urban extension

February 18, 2020
I hope everyone enjoyed the warm weather over the 3-day weekend. I spent a fair bit of time outside getting the gardens ready for spring. All my plants need now is rain.
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