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UC Cooperative Extension Glenn County
PO Box 697, 821 E. South Street
Orland, CA 95963
Phone: 530-865-1107
Fax: 530-865-1109
e-mail: glenn@ucanr.edu
County Director: Betsy Karle
The UC Cooperative Extension Office Hours are 8:00am-5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. Closed 12:00-1:00pm for lunch.
UC Blog
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Can whole orchard recycling suppress weed establishment in new orchards?
by Becky Wheeler-Dykes, UCCE Glenn Orchard Systems and Weed Ecology Farm Advisor Recent research has shown many potential benefits of utilizing whole orchard recycling (WOR) when removing an orchard. Instead of burning the wood produced in orchard...
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Chemigation best practices for branched broomrape control in CA processing tomato
Branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa) is of growing concern to California tomato and specialty crop and seed producers. It is an obligate root holoparasite that gains all of its nutrients from the host crop and its unique biology means it spends the...
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UC Davis Apiculturist: Apivectoring Defined
Do you know what apivectoring is? Bee scientist Elina Lastro Niño, associate professor of Cooperative Extension, Apiculture, and a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT) faculty, defines...
UC Delivers
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Seed to Table Education Exposes Children to Fresh Produce
Despite California’s agricultural bounty, many Contra Costa County children lack knowledge of where their food comes from; they have never been to a farm, nor have they eaten freshly harvested produce. Many are from low-income families and do not have access to healthy foods at home. Research shows that a diet low in produce is associated with poor health outcomes, including obesity and impaired school performance. Childhood obesity rates in Contra Costa County range from 36% to 44%.