Public literacy about agriculture: What is it? What is it for?

Also in this issue:

Toxics, food safety, water quality “most important”: How California educators and CE directors view “agricultural literacy” programs

Sidebar: Snapshots of current agricultural literacy programs

New strain of sweetpotato whitefly invades California vegetables

Farmworker injury and illness: statistical guides to prevention

Strategies needed for oak protection: Despite landowner favor, oak groves likely to diminish in size and number

Stress-adapted landscapes save water, escape injury in drought

Subsurface drip irrigation of tomatoes: Drip system design, management promote seed emergence

San Joaquin River salinity: 1991 projections compared to 1977

Leaf removal in wine grapes: a case study in extending research to the field

Imported parasite of greenhouse thrips established on California avocado

Owning harvest equipment versus custom hiring: the case of walnuts

European mistletoe continues to spread in Sonoma County

Genetic male sterility in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): Reproductive characteristics and possible use in hybrid wheat breeding