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We've removed the UC Seal from Site Builder

June 25th, 2019
When we launched the newest Site Builder designs earlier in 2019, we made available the UC Seal as a logo for a site. In fact, we went so far as to make the UC Seal the default logo for new sites. According to the UC brand guidelines, this was a mistake on our part.
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Alli Rowe (right) and Kelsey Hammond (left), who each hold Masters in Environmental Studies, will be camp educators this year.
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2019 4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp

June 24th, 2019
UC HAREC began hosting 4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp in 2014. Since then, the education staff has trained other UC Research and Extension Center (RECS) staff to deliver this curriculum created by Dr. Roslyn Brain of Utah State University.
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A lady beetle, aka ladybug, ready to devour aphids, its primary food source. Image taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Birds, Bats or a Bloom? But No Splat!

June 9th, 2019
Remember that massive green blob that showed up Tuesday night, June 4 on the National Weather Service (NWS) radar in San Diego, and NWS tweeted it was a a cloud of ladybugs (termed a bloom)? Wait! They may NOT have been ladybugs, scientifically known as lady beetles, family Coccinellidae.
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Beekeeper Adelaide Grandia smiles through a pollinator cut-out board. Her grandfather is teaching her beekeeping. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Hear That Buzz? It's World Bee Day!

May 20th, 2019
Hear that buzz? Today is World Bee Day! We celebrate honey bees every day, but they are especially celebrated on May 20, World Bee Day. It's an annual day to raise awareness about the importance of bees and beekeeping.
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Petty Ranch Cover Crops and Mulching
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Ventura Grown Cover Crops

May 13th, 2019
Petty Ranch, a story of cover crops in Ventura County. All of the lemon trees were dying. Sigh. Another distressing story about agriculture in the face of climate change, rising land values, difficult economies, and soil degradation.
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Farm-to-Preschool Festival Videos and Participant Comments

May 7th, 2019
By Jairo N Diaz-Ramirez
The University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources News and Outreach in Spanish developed videos in English and Spanish of our Farm-to-Preschool Festival. Video in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtkyotwJ08U&t=7s Video in Spanish: https://www.youtube.
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