Nutrition & Health

Can any of us remember a summer like this?! The work of ranching continues - irrigating pasture, checking livestock, preparing for calving or breeding season. And yet the COVID-19 pandemic casts a pall over everything we're doing.

A stop at the feedlot to observe the cattle is always a highlight of the day for the over 8,000 visitors to Farm Smart each year through school field trips and field tours. Cattle has been the #1 commodity in Imperial County(IC) for over 60 years and IC is among the top 5 producers in California.

The UC Desert Research and Extension Center (REC) is located in Holtville, California-a city dubbed the Carrot Capital of the World.

The Summer 2020 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM Newsletter is now available online.

The monarch butterfly egg is oh-so-very-tiny but what an incredible work of nature! The intricate egg is about the size of a pinhead, 0.9mm wide and 1.2mm high. It's creamy yellow with narrow longitudinal ridges.

Congratulations on being a proud, new poultry parent! Like many other folks, you've likely found yourself with the time to take on this new parenting role due to the ongoing pandemic and desire to raise and grow your own food.

I like to use fresh green onions when I can, but if I am making a recipe and do not want to run to the market for green onions, dehydrated onions work great in a lot of dishes.

Summer weather is still going strong, and so are tomato and other veggie plants. Believe it or not, it's already time to start planning your fall vegetable garden! In fact, some vegetables need to be started from seed very soon.

With technology, the traditional brain break in the classroom has gone digital! Over 650 teachers participated in the Brain Breaks in the Virtual World session at the Alvord Unified Distance Learning Virtual Summit on August 3, 2020.

It's good to see Washington State University Extension's newly published, updated fact sheet on the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia. You can view or download it here for free.