2012 Educational Programs

Event Name	Date
Insect ID- Scouting- Spray Evaluation- and Resistance Management	5/24/2012
Effective Use of Pesticides to Produce Ornamental Plants While Protecting Water Quality (English)	6/5/2012
Effective Use of Pesticides to Produce Ornamental Plants While Protecting Water Quality (Spanish)	6/5/2012

Program Information and Registration

Insect ID, Scouting, Spray Evaluation, and Resistance Management
May 24, 2012 Monrovia Nursery, Woodlake CA

Effective Use of Pesticides to Produce Ornamental Plants While Protecting Water Quality
(1/2 day English, 1/2 day Spanish)
June 5, 2012 Ventura

Risk Management Workshop for Nursery and Greenhouse Managers (Long Beach)
June 12, 2012 Long Beach

Risk Management Workshop for Nursery and Greenhouse Managers (Watsonville)
June 26, 2012 Watsonville

ABCs of Horticulture in English full day
July 11, 2012 San Marcos CfAHR

ABCs of Horticulture in Spanish full day
July 12, 2012 San Marcos CfAHR

Water Alliance Conference
August 21, 2012 UC Davis

Erosion and Pesticide Runoff Management in Nurseries
September 27, 2012 Watsonville

Disease Management Symposium
October 25, 2012 Watsonville

Water Quality Management
TBD, Carpinteria

BMPs for Pests and Diseases
TBD, Northern California
TBD, Southern California

Presentations now available for viewing
Biological Control in Ornamental Plant Production Symposium
January 18, 2012 San Marcos CA

From the UC Blogosphere...

California Citrus Conference
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What the Statewide Master Gardener Program Does for Us: Part I
Posted 5/23/2012 - This is the first of a series of short articles about the benefits Alameda County Master Gardeners have received from the establishment of a statewide office and the hiring of a statewide coordinator in 2006. We were very fortunate to be able to hire Pam...

UCCE launches Northern California obesity study, 'Naturalist' program
Posted 5/22/2012 - UC Cooperative Extension nutrition researchers are in the process of selecting five schools each from Shasta and Butte counties to pilot a nutrition and extension program that university researchers will study to learn how to motivate kids to choose...

Ornamental Plants and Trees
Posted 5/22/2012 - California is a highly urbanized state with an expanding population. Planned landscapes and gardens are essential for Californians to maintain health promoting environments via urban landscapes. California’s urban landscapes are complex plant...

UCCE supports Tahoe fire awareness week and Oroville nutrition decathlon
Posted 5/21/2012 - As part of Tahoe Fire Awareness Week, May 26 to June 3, Tahoe Basin fire agencies and partners, including Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the University of California and Nevada Cooperative Extensions, are sponsoring a series of free webinars to help...

Agroterrorisim
Posted 5/21/2012 - Our food systems can be vulnerable to attacks. Pathogens, chemicals and biological contaminates, and other hazards can affect the safety of foods we eat. These dangers can be caused by natural disasters, or may be caused by intentional contamination....

Backyard conservation
Posted 5/18/2012 - The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) works extensively with the nation’s farmers and ranchers to protect soil, water, air, plant, and animal resources while meeting production goals. Working with agricultural producers allows NRCS to...