Israel Herrera, manager of the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility, speaks with CBS GoodDay Sacramento about harvesting tomatoes for Student Housing.

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Video of prescribed campus and regional fire department training opportunity at UC Davis Russell Ranch. These burns help regenerate native grasses while offering first responders the experience of responding to fires during a pandemic.

Just two days after undergoing annual wildland fire training at UC Davis’ Russell Ranch, our Fire Department, and other regional firefighting departments, responded to the largest fire of this year’s early season so far. 

By moving beyond the surface level and literally digging deep, scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that compost is a key to storing carbon in semi-arid cropland soils, a strategy for offsetting CO2 emissions.

The latest developments in strawberry breeding and healthy soil took center stage at two recent UC Davis Field Days, one hosted in Prunedale (near Salinas) and one held at UC Davis Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility.

In Prunedale, strawberry farmers, shippers, breeders, propagators, crop advisors and resource conservation groups gathered to get a taste of what’s developing in the UC Davis Public Strawberry Breeding Program. Many said they liked what they tasted and saw.