Food Blog

The Food Blog covers our latest research and extension work to advance and optimize the production and vitality of California's abundant agricultural commodities.

Natalie Price and Stephanie Monterroza (former EFNEP supervisor) working with Food Security Coalition Community partners to increase CalFresh outreach.

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UCCE advisor works towards food security in Los Angeles and Orange counties

August 17, 2020

By Jeannette Warnert

This is one of a series of stories featuring a sampling of UC ANR academics whose work exemplifies the public value UC ANR brings to California.

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So Easy to Preserve recipe book, pressure canner, and finished jar of canned pinto beans

Home preservation for whole foods, plant-based lifestyles

August 14, 2020

By Susan Mosbacher

How my training as a UC Master Food Preserver helped me become healthy after a heart attack. About three-quarters of the way into my certification training for the UCCE Master Food Preserver Program, I experienced a heart attack, which resulted in stent placements.

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Oli Bachie, shown in a forage sorghum trial field, researches new crops for Imperial County farmers to grow in the low desert.

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Former goat herder’s crop research promotes prosperity for Imperial Valley farmers

July 29, 2020

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

This is one of a series of stories featuring a sampling of UC ANR academics whose work exemplifies the public value UC ANR brings to California.

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Healthy options, calorie counts and reminders help consumers make good-sense decisions when buying food or beverages from vending machines.

Healthy vending grows in popularity on UC campuses

July 28, 2020

By Jeannette Warnert

Raw hunger or thirst usually draws people to buy snacks from vending machines.

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Torres Martinez Tribal Council helped distribute Farmers to Families produce boxes

July 22, 2020

By Chutima H Ganthavorn

During the month of June, families at the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe and nearby trailer parks in eastern Coachella Valley received free produce boxes weekly from the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

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