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All aboard! Farming in California has a rich history going back to Indigenous times. The California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom and the Union Pacific Foundation have teamed up to engineer an interactive timeline, Tracking the History of California Agriculture. This takes students on a journey
tracing the origins of everything from the very beginnings of Golden State farming to the Gold Rush to the State Water Project to climate change. You don’t need a ticket to ride this train—just hop aboard at ca.stateaghistory.org.
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So you want to save some food? The University of California Master Food Preservers will host monthly online workshops all year, on the f irst Wednesday of each month, covering a plethora of preservation techniques. This year, you can learn about making jams and jellies, or preserving sausages and mustards. There’s also a “Tomato Mania” class coming up, covering salsas and sauces. For more information, and to sign up, go to sacmfp.ucanr.edu.
Nice save II On those depressingly rare occasions when we get rain, why not preserve some of it for use in the garden? According to the UCMaster Gardeners, for every inch of rain that falls on a rooftop area of 1,000 square feet, one can collect about 600 gallons of
rainwater. How to get that hydrological bounty to your thirsty plants? The Master Gardeners suggest routing your downspouts into grassy or landscaped areas so as to bank the water in the soil, or using cisterns or rain barrels.
Toomuchof a good thing Wanting to make the whiskey apple upside-down cake published in the January/February issue? Please use the updated version at californiabountiful.com. In the original recipe, the chef accidently gave us the restaurant quantities for the whiskey caramel sauce. So, unless you have an ultra, extreme sweet tooth, you’ll want to halve the amount of sauce.
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