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  • Universal school meals aim to improve student access to nutritionally balanced meals. Photo by USDA
    Universal school meals increased student participation, lessened stigma

    Mar 14, 2023

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
  • “Food banks can have nutrition policies that outline where they source food and which foods they prioritize,
    Can food banks better promote nutrition and health?

    Mar 13, 2023

    • Family
    • Health
  • In December 2022, the UC acquired a 114-acre farm property in Camarillo to serve as the new home of UC ANR's Hansen Research and Extension Center. Photo by Annemiek Schilder
    Agricultural research and education center moving to new site in Ventura County

    Feb 15, 2023

    • 4-H
    • Agriculture
    • Food
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  • In addition to a deeper understanding of Native foods and their nutritional properties, young people came away from the summer program with a binder of Native American recipes. Photo by Cailin McLaughlin
    CalFresh Healthy Living, UC helps connect Native youth with Native foods

    Jan 10, 2023

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
  • Refrigerator temperature ranges: what's safe and what's not safe?
    Hotel refrigerators vary in temperature

    Dec 12, 2022

    • Food
  • One approach to address food insecurity at UC Berkeley is a course on Personal Food Security and Wellness, with a Teaching Kitchen component that brings the lessons to life through knife skills, “no-cook” cooking, microwave cooking and sheet pan meals. Photo by Jim Block
    Teaching Kitchen course helps improve college students’ food security

    Dec 5, 2022

    • Food
    • Health
    • Innovation
  • Suzanna Martinez (right), a Nutrition Policy Institute-affiliated researcher, represents UC efforts to reduce hunger in the university system, alongside UC Berkeley Basic Needs Center Fellow Jocelyn Villalobos. Photo courtesy Suzanna Martinez
    Nutrition Policy Institute work underpins historic White House conference

    Oct 17, 2022

    • Family
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    • Innovation
  • UC Master Food Preservers Booth at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, CA.
    More than a TikTok trend, preservation is the future of food

    Aug 23, 2022

    • Food
  • In a recent study, students reported that college food pantries were a boon to their overall health. Photo by Aaron Doucett on Unsplash
    Food pantries, improved CalFresh processes alleviate food insecurity on UC campuses

    Jul 28, 2022

    • Food
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  • Vanessa Zajfen of Ocean View School District in Oxnard will discuss a farm to school program.
    Webinars to explore local food systems and food waste

    Apr 6, 2022

    • Food
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, people in California and other parts of the world turned to gardening to relieve stress, connect with others and grow their own food.
    For stress relief, food access, people turned to gardening during pandemic

    Mar 17, 2022

    • Food
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  • Through the Second Chance Youth Garden, young people in San Diego County provide food to their communities through a farm stand and CSA model. Photos by Diego Lynch
    Youth-run garden provides 10,000 pounds of produce for San Diego families

    Mar 10, 2022

    • Economic Development
    • Food
    • Yard & Garden
  • California quail tend to offer more benefits to strawberry farmers than disservices, according to a UC Davis study's
    Bringing out the best in wild birds on farms

    Feb 23, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Linda J. Harris will be inducted as a member of the 2021 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows during the AAAS annual meeting. Photos courtesy of Linda J. Harris
    Five questions with food safety expert, new AAAS Fellow Linda Harris

    Feb 10, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Health
  • Species that form big flocks and are associated with livestock, like this invasive European starling, carry greater risks of foodborne pathogens. Getty photo
    Researchers pinpoint which bird species pose food safety risk to crops

    Jan 5, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Apple fruit honey can be made from apple peel.
    UC Master Food Preservers turn food scraps into gifts Dec. 1

    Nov 23, 2021

    • Food
  • Cranberry conserve, containing a mix of whole cranberries, raisins, walnuts and chopped orange, is one of several gifts that UC Master Food Preservers will demonstrate how to make at home.
    Learn to make gifts in the kitchen with UC Master Food Preservers

    Nov 16, 2021

    • Food
  • USDA’s most recent agricultural census, dating to 2017, counts approximately 25,000 producers of color among 128,535 total producers in California. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    Farmers of color share their contributions, concerns in UC SAREP webinar series

    Nov 3, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • A pollinator mix of cover crops sprouts on an almond orchard floor at J&R Ranches in Manteca. Photos by Kamyar Aram
    Cover cropping season has begun: Free recorded webinars, demos available

    Oct 14, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Uncertainty caused by a government shutdown adds to the stress of people grappling with food insecurity. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    Study: Government shutdown stressed food assistance program participants

    Sep 30, 2021

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