Partners In Creating a Sustainable Sonoma County

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On October 2, 2010, Two Rock 4-H (Sonoma County) held an outreach event at Walnut Park, Petaluma, California in conjunction with the 4-H National Youth Science Experiment “4-H20”. In this event, we had the participation of 14, 4-H primary members (ages 7-12), one junior leader volunteer, one adult leader volunteer and seven adult participants. We had the participation of approximately 60 youth in the science experiment and our robotics project “the CO2 Turtlebot”.

Sonoma County News

County Land for Food Production - Recommendations and Next Steps (June 2011) - to read the report click here. View the Inventory of Identified County Land for Food Production here.

Home Gardening question? Contact a Sonoma County Master Gardener by clicking here or send an email to mgsonoma@ucdavis.edu

Rangeland Program Mailing List Update: Add me to your mailing list!

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Food Forum A Success!
Sonoma County food production and access issues were discussed at the February 24 Food Forum.

See the presentation given by Paul Vossen here

Russian River Coho Recovery Program in the news...

Press Release: Launch of Russian River Anglers Outreach Program

KQED has done a piece on the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program. Check it out here!

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Sonoma County Calendar

Event Name	Date
Seed Propagation	2/11/2012
Eco-friendly Pest Management	2/11/2012
2012 Grape Day	2/15/2012
Growing Agritourism	2/16/2012
Winter Care-Pruning of Fruit Trees	2/18/2012
Enhancing Biological Control in Orchard Cropping Systems	2/22/2012
Catching Varmints	2/25/2012
Rethink- Reduce- Replace Your Lawn	2/25/2012
All About Mason Bees	2/25/2012
Growing Vegetables	3/3/2012
Gardening for Birds-Bees-Butterflies-Bugs	3/3/2012
Growing Great Tomatoes	3/10/2012

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UC Agriculture & Natural Resources News

Not all blueberries are alike
Posted 2/6/2012 - As blueberries have become more popular, so too have the variety choices available for home...

Florida citrus growers explore olive opportunities
Posted 2/3/2012 - Citrus growers in Florida, who are struggling with the devastating citrus disease huanglongbing,...

Re-washing bagged greens may do more harm than good
Posted 2/2/2012 - Re-washing bagged greens may be making salads dirtier, according to a bevy of food safety experts,...

UC ANR's vice president opens the door for input
Posted 2/1/2012 - UC Agriculture and Natural Resources is soliciting input from Californians as the organization -...

Shift toward hiring through farm labor contractors continuing
Posted 1/31/2012 - A Bakersfield farming cooperative will lay off 2,100 permanent seasonal workers and instead hire a...

Conservation ag practices highlighted at 'CASI' launch
Posted 1/30/2012 - University of California advisors and specialists, farmers, scientists and agriculture...