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California Extension partners to plant therapeutic garden for those in transitional housing

California has one of the highest populations of unhoused people in the nation, 44 out of every 10,000 people do not have stable housing. Being unhoused is strongly tied to food insecurity, including a lack of access to fresh foods, like fruits and vegetables. When Alameda County CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California Cooperative Extension (CFHL, UCCE), decided to restart [...]

Nutrition and Health, Story 2025, California, Child and Family Resilience, Community Development/Engagement, Extension, Human Nutrition/Health/Wellness, Organic Agriculture

Extension helps strawberry farmers in Georgia and South Carolina save their growing season

Strawberries grown in Georgia bring in more than $15 million in sales annually, but the true value of growing strawberries is in agritourism — farms that open their doors to families to come pick fruit and enjoy a taste of farm life. For the past four years, the strawberry business in Georgia has been hindered by a new, highly [...]

Agricultural Systems, Story 2025, Crop Management, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Extension, Food Security, Georgia, Organic Agriculture, South Carolina, Southern, The University of Georgia

Leaf removal supports healthy wine grapes

Wine grape vineyards are vulnerable to fungal diseases that can ruin the grape crop and make the wine unsellable if not managed properly. As more wine producers move toward organic farming or using biodynamic methods, the fungicides producers can use are limited. One nonchemical way to reduce these diseases is to remove leaves in the cluster zone of the [...]

Agricultural Systems, Story 2025, Crop Management, Extension, Oregon, Oregon State University, Organic Agriculture, Specialty Crops, Western

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Developing climate-friendly farming practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas that is about 300 times better at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, so even small emissions of nitrous oxide affect the climate. Organic agricultural practices, such as legume cover crops and applications of animal manure, can curtail nutrient runoff and soil erosion when combined but at the same time release nitrous oxide. Researchers at [...]

Environmental Stewardship, Story Crop Management, Northeast, Organic Agriculture, Pennsylvania, Research, The Pennsylvania State University

Bilingual Spray Safe, Spray Well recordings provide permanent resource for pesticide safety

Beginning organic growers, urban farmers and Spanish-speaking vegetable producers have been historically underserved by traditional cooperative Extension efforts to support agricultural risk management, especially related to safe and effective pesticide use. Production systems commonly used by beginning organic growers and urban farmers are often smaller, more intensive and less dependent on chemical control strategies for pest management than larger [...]

Agricultural Systems, Story 2024, Cornell University, Extension, New York, Northeast, Organic Agriculture, Pest Management, Urban Agriculture, Workforce Development and Readiness

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California Extension partners to plant therapeutic garden for those in transitional housing

Extension helps strawberry farmers in Georgia and South Carolina save their growing season

Leaf removal supports healthy wine grapes

Developing climate-friendly farming practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions

Bilingual Spray Safe, Spray Well recordings provide permanent resource for pesticide safety