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My good friend Davina learned that her work location will be closed shortly. She wrote this poem, from the gut, as soon as she heard. I think it speaks for a lot of people in a similar situation today.
I have Davina's...
Posted by nickybkrsfld
- Thu Jun 18, 2009 13:22:19 PDT
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The Horticulture Department at Bakersfield College is pleased to present their Garden Fest 2009 on Saturday, April 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the college’s Environmental Horticulture Gardens, which are located on Mt. Vernon Avenue...
Posted by amberc
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 14:46:30 PST
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"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" ... until it comes back to bite you.
Digressing to the 1970s and 80s, cotton marketing co-op CALCOT and the Kern County Farm Bureau — perceived as players in an emerging...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri Jan 16, 2009 17:53:35 PST
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This Thanksgiving the members of the Bakersfield High School FFA collected food to be given to families who would not have been to celebrate otherwise. The chapter’s community partner– Safe Havens Counseling collected enough...
Posted by glowery75
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 17:32:09 PST
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Illegal immigration has been an ongoing social issue in the United States for hundreds of years. Immigrants have faced discrimination, have been forced into assimilation, and have been denied access to social services. They have...
Posted by Moniquita
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 15:33:13 PST
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Soil biology is the study of life in soil. Yes, soil is alive. Just like you care for and protect the crops you grow to get the most out of it, you must also nurture and protect your soil to get the most from it. ...
Posted by Sharon123
- Wed Jan 2, 2008 17:27:17 PST
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The mandarin variety ‘W. Murcott’ (also known as ‘Afourer’) is relatively new to San Joaquin Valley citriculture. In fact, other than a relatively long history of growing the Satsuma mandarin, most...
Posted by Sharon123
- Wed Jan 2, 2008 17:05:35 PST
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Several cypress tree species are frequent in Kern County landscapes and windbreaks. In recent years significant numbers of cypress appear to be declining, which is likely due to the inherent adaptability of these trees to the local...
Posted by Sharon123
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 14:08:14 PST
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The San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium will be held at the C.P.D.E.S. Hall, 172 W. Jefferson Avenue, Easton, California on Wednesday, January 9, 2008. This year’s meeting, presented by the University of California Cooperative...
Posted by Sharon123
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:54:03 PST
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No scientific trials have been conducted to give the pistachio growers guidance on the best way to prune pistachio trees. So what is a pistachio grower to do?
Observation made in some older orchards on the west side of the San...
Posted by Sharon123
- Wed Nov 7, 2007 08:55:57 PST
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There’s a youth development program in your community that helps young people gain citizenship, leadership, and life skills. It is called 4-H. The members and leaders of the Kern County 4-H program are preparing...
Posted by farmadvisors
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 18:03:53 PDT
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Most Kern County residents know that Kern County is a major almond, table grape, and cotton growing region. But are they aware that this is also a major carrot and potato production region? In the 1950s and 60s Kern was...
Posted by farmadvisors
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 15:17:26 PDT
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The pressure chamber, also known as the pressure bomb, is a device equipped with a small gas cylinder, high pressure gauge, and a thick-walled metal chamber with a top in which a plant leaf petiole can be sealed. The amount of...
Posted by farmadvisors
- Fri Sep 28, 2007 16:28:32 PDT
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Of all the household pests found in the San Joaquin Valley, Argentine ants can be one of the peskiest. Like something out of a science fiction novel, these ants go far beyond their proverbial status as picnic pests, and show no...
Posted by farmadvisors
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 09:07:58 PDT
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