If you want to know what it's like to eat a bugdoesn't everybody?--ask an entomologist, a bug ambassador, or an entomophagist, one who eats insects. So we didBecause the Bohart Museum of Entomology is hosting an open house on entomophagy from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept.
Ever eaten a bug? Sure you have. Insect fragments are in just about all the foods we eat, from chocolate to coffee to wheat flour to pizza sauce to beer and more. An insect control company estimates that we eat, on the average, 140,000 "bug bits" every year. (See Business Insider.
This bug's for you. Ever tasted a cricket? A mealworm? An earthworm? You can if you attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house themed "Gobble, Gobble, Munch, Munch, Crunch: Entomophagy, to be held from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept.
Please welcome Cindy Renee Kron who started today as an IPM Advisor, based in Santa Rosa, with programmatic responsibilities in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake Counties. Cindy fills a position that is one of the last from the 2016 Position Call.
Like any livestock management tool, livestock guardian dogs come with both costs and (hopefully) benefits. Some of these are easily calculated - for example, through today, we've spent $624.70 on dog food and veterinary costs related to our livestock guardian dogs this year.
The days grow shorter and the temperatures are gradually getting cooler fall is approaching, and that means it's time for school to start! Teachers are getting their classrooms ready and students are getting fresh supplies to head back to school.
In the Japanese language, bonsai means tree in pot. However, bonsai are much more than just potted trees. Bonsai is a living art form. There are many rules on designing trees to give the look of age. With practice, bonsai devotees master these rules and they become second nature.
In early July my husband and I were in Renton Washington, a community near Seattle. We went for a late afternoon walk along a lakeside park called Coulon Beach Park. It's a lovely park that is beautifully landscaped.
Tens of millions of people face malnutrition the world over. Fortunately, systems are in place to help anticipate famines and coordinate life-saving aid.