WIFSS

USDA announces $1 billion to help the nation’s poultry industry combat H5N1 avian influenza Dr. Mike Payne, Dairy Outreach Coordinator at WIFSS and Co-Director for Dairy Cattle Health, with the California Dairy Quality Assurance Program, (CDQAP), said in a recent February 26 Health column in STAT news that “Avian influenza, and specifically the current H5N1 strain, has become endemic, fu...

Free Winter Fruit Tree Stewardship Workshop Series
w/ Dominic Allamano

INTRO TO WINTER PRUNING WORKSHOP
Saturday 2/8 - 9am-1pm - with Alchemist CDC
Mirasol Village Community Garden - 601 Pipevine St, Sacramento, CA 95811
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HANDS-ON PRUNING at HEALTHY ROUTE FARM
Sunday 2/9 - 9am-3pm
Sunday 2/16 - 9am-3pm
Healthy Route Farm: 516 W Q St, Rio Linda, CA 95673
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Ram Khatiwoda, farm manager of the International Rescue Committe's New Roots Sacramento farm in West Sacramento, has purchased his own farm in Rio Linda, Healthy Route Farm, which has hundreds of mature fruit trees in need of pruning. Both of these farms are California Alliance for Community Composting supported community compost hubs in the Sacramento region.

You’re invited to practice and develop your pruning skills on mature apples, peaches, plums, pluots, citrus and more, while helping Ram to get the trees ready for the approaching growing season. Bring your pruning tools and orchard ladders if you have them. My community pruning tool set will also be available for use in making the right tool for the job available when you need it.

Orchard Sheet Mulching for the Urban Oasis Community Garden
& Hands-on Mentored Pruning Practice
Saturday 2/15/25 - 8:30am - 3pm
Sheet mulching the orchard - 8:30am-12:30pm
Lunch - 12:30pm-1pm
Hands-on mentored pruning in the orchard - 1pm-3pm
Common Ground - A Covenant Church
8355 Arroyo Vista Dr.Sacramento, CA 95823
https://www.facebook.com/events/498072216275319/
This series is designed to help Common Ground Church upgrade the orchard in their Urban Oasis Community Garden (a community compost hub) while offering you opportunities to develop irrigation and soil care skills and experience.

Previous events in this series:
~ 9/26/24 - Orchard Irrigation Assessment w/ Matthew Ampersand from find out farms
~ 10/26/24 - Drip Irrigation Installation and W**d Management
~ 11/30/24 Compost Extract

The final event in the series will have volunteers helping to sheet mulch the orchard, applying layers of Worm Whisperer Farms vermicompost, butcher paper (as a biodegradable w**d barrier) and arborist wood chips.

After lunch Domimic will guide volunteers in applying their developing pruning skills in the orchard.

So you planted a tree, now what? Join us for community learning activities involving an introduction to early tree care, enhancing our urban habitat quality through planting Miyawaki Forests, and an overview of Oakland's urban forest plan.

Register @ https://forms.gle/XbU8DBk4HuvVr3dC7

📢 Calling all young researchers!

Submit your innovative poster on antimicrobial resistance for the Poster Challenge! 🌍

Showcase your work and inspire global change to reduce the need for antimicrobials. Deadline: 26 October!

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Environmental Education And Community Through Learning With Your Kids

Join the Civic Urban Farmer Program and Common Vision for our upcoming Fall workshops in West Oakland featuring lunch and hands-on activities for the whole family! All workshops will take place from 10am-2pm at Prescott Elementary School (920 Campbell Street, Oakland, CA 94607).

Register here: https://bit.ly/3XrIbwB

Learn the essential skills of winter fruit tree pruning. Expert Dominic Allamano will guide learners through the craft of pruning, the tools that make it possible, and demonstrate the practice on fruit trees in urban community orchards. Civic Urban Farmer Program and WIFSS is co-sponsoring these events.

Follow the link to learn more, register, and stay up to date on events with the changing weather: https://www.wifss.ucdavis.edu/urbanfarmers

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UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Avian Influenza outbreaks in Northern California have consumers asking where the disease came from and how dangerous it is to people…

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Farmers vs Bird Flu Avian Influenza outbreaks in Northern California have consumers asking where the disease came from and how dangerous it is to people…

Keep Risky Habits Out of the Kitchen this Thanksgiving

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Keep Risky Habits Out of the Kitchen this Thanksgiving WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2023 – America’s biggest food holiday is almost here, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to remind consumers to avoid habits that increase the risk of harmful bacteria in their Thanksgiving meal.

The Western Institute of Food Safety and Security (WIFSS) had the pleasure of welcoming Huazhong Agricultural University this past September. The visit aimed to unite the University of California Davis Veterinary School of Medicine (SVM) and the Huazhong Agricultural University toward the continuation of research in One Health for food safety and security across the two nations.

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UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

SVM WIFSS and Huazhong Agricultural University explore development of a One Health Center The Western Institute of Food Safety and Security (WIFSS) had the pleasure of welcoming Huazhong Agricultural University this past September. The visit aimed to unite the University of California Davis Veterinary School of Medicine (SVM) and the Huazhong Agricultural University toward the continuati...

The Civic Urban Farmer Program recently received a 2023 Specialty Crop Block grant from the CA Department of Food and Agriculture to support its continuation.

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UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Supporting Urban Farmers The Civic Urban Farmer Program recently received a 2023 Specialty Crop Block grant from the CA Department of Food and Agriculture to support its continuation.

Boehringer Ingelheim-China Swine Producers Delegation Visits UC Davis

The Western Institute for Food Safety and Security hosted a delegation of academics, scientists, and Chinese swine producers sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. There were representatives from some of the largest hog operations in China at a meeting held on the UC Davis campus on Sunday, September 24.

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UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Boehringer Ingelheim-China Swine Producers Delegation Visits UC Davis The Western Institute for Food Safety and Security hosted a delegation of academics, scientists, and Chinese swine producers sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. There were representatives from some of the largest hog operations in China at a meeting held on the UC Davis campus on Sunday, September 24...