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Zesty Success: Cultivating Citrus in Containers in San Francisco

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Apr 13, 2025

Zesty Success: Cultivating Citrus in Containers in San FranciscoDescription: Discover the joy of growing delicious citrus fruits right on your San Francisco balcony or deck! This presentation will focus on cultivating vibrant lemon, lime, kumquat, and select orange trees in containers, suited for our…
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Combining school environment changes with SNAP-Ed lessons improves student diets

September 11, 2025
By Summer J Cortez, Reka Vasicsek, Amanda M Linares, Miranda W Brown
The Nutrition Policy Institute is excited to share our latest peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Community Health, “Dietary Effects of School-Based SNAP-Ed Education with and without Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Strategies.” This study examines how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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Central Sierra: To Prune Tomatoes or Not to Prune Tomatoes

August 19, 2025
Understanding the when, why, and how of pruning tomatoes for the best yield To prune or not to prune tomatoes, that is a question that backyard tomato growers need to answer for themselves. Growing strong, healthy tomato plants increases the chance of getting a large crop of delicious tomatoes. The…
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[PODCAST] Home Grown Tomatoes
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Tomatoes Being Attacked - Orange County

July 30, 2025
Question: I have some tomatoes that haven't ripened yet and have these brown scars on the bottom and this one also had some large bites out of the other side. I've been spraying the tomatoes with a bit of cedar oil diluted with water in the mornings but no other things.Do you know what might be causing…
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