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Plastic tunnels and hoop-houses for warm season specialty vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, etc.). This is the first in the Farming and Ranching 2011 seminar series. May 26th is a seminar on Farm Labor Laws, and in October, Paul Vossen will give a seminar on Olives and Olive Oil. Check back to this website for dates, times, and more topics as the schedule fills in.

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!

Click here to be added to the Small-Scale Farming Email List

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
Catching Varmints	2/4/2012
Rose Pruning	2/4/2012
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

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UC Agriculture & Natural Resources News

Searching for zinfandel clonal excellence
Posted 1/26/2012 - A quest to find the best zinfandel clones began in the early 1990s, wrote Ann Hanami of the Napa...

Alfalfa is ice cream in the making
Posted 1/23/2012 - When Khaled Bali looks at ice cream he thinks about alfalfa, wrote Alejandro Davila in the Imperial...

California dreamin'
Posted 1/20/2012 - The almond industry's dream of hitting the two billion-pound mark has come true, according to an...

Clearing vegetation helps protect homes from fire
Posted 1/19/2012 - Clearing vegetation close to houses is the best way to reduce impacts of severe wildfires,...

Pest threats 'overblown'
Posted 1/18/2012 - It's been nearly 20 years since olive, walnut and pistachio farmers first declared war on cotton,...

California's rain is locked up in Alaska snow
Posted 1/17/2012 - Precipitation that would normally head toward California along the Pacific jet stream has for...