WIFSS

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
https://www.facebook.com/events/3053512621700203/3053512635033535/?active_tab=about

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
https://www.facebook.com/events/3053512621700203/3069085790142886/?active_tab=about

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.

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...