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

Poultry 101’s “Chick temperature chart” recommends temperatures for chicks from hatch to 6 weeks old.

Poultry 101 guides new parents of chicks

August 21, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
As Californians began sheltering in place at home, they started growing their own food. In addition to gardening, people have begun adopting chickens for fresh eggs.
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State law requires restaurants to offer healthy beverages by default with kids' meals to reduce the amount of sugary beverages served to children.
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New policies can inspire families to provide healthy beverages to children

August 20, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
At fast food and sit-down restaurants across California, kids' meals come with water or milk automatically. At least, that should be the case since state law requires restaurants to offer the healthy beverages by default to reduce the amount of sugary beverages served to children.
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So Easy to Preserve recipe book, pressure canner, and finished jar of canned pinto beans
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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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