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Wildfire preparedness bill puts UC research to work
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a series of bills aimed at improving California's wildfire prevention, mitigation and response efforts. AB 38, a bill aimed at reducing wildfire damage to communities, incorporates University of...
By Pamela Kan-Rice
Author - Assistant Director, News and Information Outreach -
UCCE survey results on cannabis cultivation
A UC Cooperative Extension survey of California registered and unregistered marijuana growers will help researchers, policy makers and the public better understand growing practices since cannabis sales, possession and cultivation first became legal for...
By Jeannette E. Warnert
Author - Communications Specialist -
UC ANR's California Agriculture journal presents a special issue on cannabis
In 1953, amid reports that cannabis was growing around San Mateo County, the local sheriff's office and the UC Agricultural Extension Service in Half Moon Bay issued a booklet entitled Identify and Report Marihuana. The booklet envisioned...
By Jim Downing
Author - Director of Publishing; Executive Editor, California Agriculture -
UC Cooperative Extension encourages adoption of healthy soil techniques on California farms
Before the San Joaquin Valley was cultivated, vast grasslands stretched from the Sierra to the Coast Range with soil that contained significant organic matter – a diversity of live and dead plant material and microbes that are key to soil...
By Jeannette E. Warnert
Author - Communications Specialist -
Oaks in vineyards a ‘win-win’ for bats and growers
Californians love their oak trees. During vineyard development, Central Coast grape growers often feel compelled to leave an old iconic oak standing, even if it ends up right in the middle of their vineyard. While driving through the Central...
By Pamela Kan-Rice
Author - Assistant Director, News and Information Outreach