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False Chinch Bug Leaf Feeding
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Dry HIlls lead to False Chinch Bugs in the Orchards

July 2, 2020
By Ben A Faber
The rains are gone and the hills are drying. The weeds in the orchards that aren't being hit by the irrigation water are drying up, as well. During winter and early spring, false chinch bug primarily feeds on foliage, stems, and seeds of wild grasses and cruciferous weeds.
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Tiny Shrimp, Big Problem

July 1, 2020
Lake Tahoe is known for its beautiful blue waters and remarkable transparency. But its clarity is threatened by climate change and urbanization and billions of tiny invasive shrimp.
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Resilient food systems

June 24, 2020
Former California Secretary of Agriculture, A.G. Kawamura, and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, were the speakers for a webinar last week addressing what COVID-19 has revealed about our food system.
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UC ANR's 2020 academic retirees.
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Ten UC Cooperative Extension academics retire July 1

June 22, 2020
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...
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When Kira Olmos, 5, of Winters visited the Bohart Museum of Entomology  with her mother, Kendra Olmos, executive director of the Center for Water-Energy Efficiency, UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, she wasn't at all sure--at first--about meeting a stick insect. This candid photo won an international award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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UC Davis Communicators Win Global Awards

June 16, 2020
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).
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Rufous hummingbird on Lady Banks rose (photo by Jennifer Baumbach)
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Creating a Hummingbird-Friendly Garden

June 16, 2020
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.
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Building Local Food Security through Cross-Counties Collaboration

June 15, 2020
By Sherida J Phibbs
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.
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digger bee colony tunnels
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Tis the Miner Bee Season

May 29, 2020
By Ben A Faber
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.
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