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Volunteers working on a community vegetable garden in Riverside
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UCCE building oasis of health in ethnic urban communities

March 15, 2021
By Ricardo A Vela
The hard work of CalFresh Healthy Living, UC educators in Riverside, to build community gardens before the pandemic hit resulted in one of the few available activities ethnic communities in this Southern California county got to enjoy throughout 2020.
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With a value of $6.1 billion, California accounted for over half of U.S. fresh vegetable production in 2018. Photo by Shermain Hardesty,
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Will California remain leader in U.S. agricultural production?

March 5, 2021
New book shows how California has led the nation in farm sales since 1948 and explores future challenges "California Agriculture: Dimensions and Issues" by the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics details the past, present and future of many of California's major agricultural commodities, i...
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A Madagascar hissing cockroach from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. This is similar to what Bruce Hammock was rearing for a research project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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When Bruce Hammock's Cockroaches Achieved Stardom

February 23, 2021
If you're meandering around the UC Riverside campus and see a cockroach, it might have a connection to UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock. This is a story of what might have been that never was and never will be and it all has to do with Hammock's cockroaches.
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Current Challenges for Avocado Weed Management talk by Sonia Rios
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Webinar :: Current Challenges for Avocado Weed Management

February 17, 2021
If you missed the UC Ag Experts Talk on... Current Challenges for Avocado Weed Management Sonia Rios, UC Cooperative Extension Area Subtropical Horticultural Advisor, Riverside County the recording is now available: https://youtu.be/7zFFeJWGvyE. UC Ag Experts Talk website: https://ucanr.
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12 months spray
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A Peptide for Citrus

February 17, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Author: Jules Bernstein, UCR,Senior Public Information Officer Email (951) 827-4580 New research affirms a unique peptide found in an Australian plant can destroy the No. 1 killer of citrus trees worldwide and help prevent infection.
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