Agriculture

Register now for our upcoming September workshops! Working Rangelands Wednesdays - Remote Sensing and Drought Forecast with Dr.

Five groups of parents participated in a series of workshops from the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), Master Gardener (MG) and Master Food Preserver (MFP) Programs. The series was part of a grant for the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP).

With drought and forecast for more of the same, it's time to think of alternative crops for our area. Pithecellobium dulce (translation: sweet monkey ear) may be a choice. Guamuchil is just one of the many names for this tree crop, including: monkeypod tree, camachile, and Madras thorn.

Hello, Friday Fly Day! It's time to post an image of syrphid fly, aka hover fly or flower fly. We took this dorsal view of a syrphid fly in January of 2009.

Zero-emission tractors perform many tasks of diesel tractors, without noise or exhaust The University of California, a national leader in sustainability, has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025.

Problem: There was a Valencia farmer in Ojai, farming on a rocky loam. More rocky than loam, on a 10 % slope, where he had been spraying the weeds down, the soil had gradually washed away and all he had left was scattered cobbles.

Remember the alarm, the anxiety and the agony when news first surfaced about colony collapse disorder (CCD)?

Congratulations to the three newly selected Honorary Members of the Entomological Society of America (ESA): UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, UC Davis-educated Melody Keena, a research entomologist with the U.S.

World-renowned entomologist Walter Soares Leal, a UC Davis distinguished professor known for his outstanding research, leadership, teaching and public service, is a newly selected Honorary Member of the Entomological Society of America, the highest honor that the 7000-member ESA accords.

Thinking about commercially growing organic strawberries on the Central Coast?