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Khaira to lead UC CalFresh Kamaljeet (Kamal) Singh-Khaira has accepted the position of director of the University of California CalFresh Nutrition Education Program, also known as UC CalFresh.

After many years of searching for ways to support research, the fledgling California Alfalfa & Forage Research Foundation has taken modest but important steps towards supporting alfalfa research projects, starting with issues associated with weeds.

One of the things that emerged during a visit to the Central Sierra MCP last week was that the group didn't often have a chance to get together and learn about what each other is doing. Distance between offices is part of the challenge.

Last month, I wrote about preparing our ranches for fire (Fire Season is Here: Is Your Ranch Ready?). Since that time, we've seen large fires in ranching country (including the County Fire in Yolo and Napa Counties, the Pawnee Fire in Lake County, and the Klamathon Fire in Siskiyou County).

What is pollination and who are the pollinators? Pollination occurs when pollen is moved within flowers or carried from flower to flower by pollinators. Pollinators consist of birds, bees, bats, butterflies, moths, beetles, hummingbirds, ladybugs, and various others including the wind.

To promote the exchange and sharing of agricultural extension information, several U.S. Land Grant institutions have formed an alliance with 10 Chinese agricultural universities.

In English Reemplazarn algn da las mquinas el romntico cultivo a mano de uvas para vino?

Will machines replace the romance of the hand-cultivated wine grape vineyard?

[This story was updated July 5 to add Jennifer Henkens, 4-H community educator for UCCE Sacramento County, to the list of 4-H eLearning team members. Her name was inadvertently omitted in the original announcement.

15 left! I am in the homestretch! I should finish the merit and promotion reviews tomorrow and then just need to enter them into the system. I'm not sure how Justify felt about it, but I am glad to be wrapping things up so that I can move onto other items I have putting off.