Nutrition News in the Butte Cluster

According to Jeff A. Johnson and Denita Dinger, Play [physical activity] is not frivolous. It is not a luxury. It is not something to fit in after completing all the important stuff. It is the important stuff. Play is a drive, a need, a brain-building must-do.

The Butte Cluster was awarded with a UC ANR STAR Team Award in June 2018 for their significant contribution to UC ANR's Healthy Families and Communities Strategic Initiative through the coordination and implementation of the UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program (NEP) and the Expanded Food and Nut...

The Butte Cluster's Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor and the UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program partnered with the Fit Quest Family Camp and the Fit Quest Specialists to provide families with a fun filled day of nutrition and physical activity.

What is pollination and who are the pollinators? Pollination occurs when pollen is moved within flowers or carried from flower to flower by pollinators. Pollinators consist of birds, bees, bats, butterflies, moths, beetles, hummingbirds, ladybugs, and various others including the wind.

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22nd. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 and events are now coordinated in more than 193 countries globally by the Earth Day Network.