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Nutrition Education (EFNEP)
Making a Difference for Low Income San Diego Residents
In FY 2018-2019, San Diego County EFNEP enrolled 566 families with a total of 2,786 family members.
Program graduates (n=566) made healthy lifestyle changes:
- 96% improved one or more diet quality
- 89% improved in one or more physical activities
- 83% improved in one or more food resource management practice
- 81% improved in one or more food safety practice
Adult Nutrition Education
An interactive learning process where participants learn how to make food choices which can improve the nutritional quality of meals that they serve. They increase their ability to select and buy food that meets the nutritional needs of their families. They gain new skills in food production, preparation, storage, safety and sanitation; as well as how to better manage their food budget and related resources from federal, state, and local food assistance agencies and organizations.
Youth Nutrition Education
Youth gain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors to choose nutritionally sound diets and be physically active every day.EFNEP: Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program
Our mission is to assist low-income youth and families with young children to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary to choose nutritionally sound diets and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of total family diet and nutritional welfare.
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UC Nutrition Blog
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Investments in farm-to-school program stabilize farms, expand climate-friendly farming practices
Small and midsize farms, women and BIPOC farmers especially benefit A new report reveals that California farmers participating in the state's Farm to School Incubator Grant Program are increasing sales of fresh, local and organic produce,...
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Visual ID guide from UC aids in managing new almond pest
Nut orchard hygiene key to control carpophilus beetle, say UCCE, UC Integrated Pest Management experts Since the first reports of a new almond pest – the carpophilus beetle (Carpophilus truncatus) – came in during fall 2023, it has become...
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UC seeks toddler volunteers for milk study
Researchers to study whether whole or low-fat milk is best for toddlers San Francisco Bay Area toddlers who drink cow's milk are being sought to participate in a 12-month study by UC Nutrition Policy Institute, a part of University of California...
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Grasshoppers gobble crops, farm profits
UCCE advisors share control, abatement strategies across Northern California That buzzing noise in Northern California is the sound of grasshoppers chewing a path of destruction through crops and pollinator-friendly plants as they hop across an...