- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
UC Cooperative Extension in Tulare County has a long history of collaboration with FoodLink, the local food bank. For that reason, the nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor and nutrition educators are closely monitoring recent negotiations about a proposed merger of FoodLink for Tulare County, Inc., with the Community Food Bank in Fresno County.
The Visalia Times-Delta reported that UC Cooperative Extension was one of the organizations represented at a meeting about the potential merger last Friday, which also included Kaweah Delta Healthcare District, Pixley-based Be Healthy...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
After the Fresno Bee ran a story about local families' struggle to cope with cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, Sanger resident Nina Balbach responded with a letter to the editor suggesting SNAP recipients could still buy enough food with the reduced benefits.
"I went to our local Winco grocery story (without coupons) on Saturday and priced a week's worth of groceries," Balbach wrote. "I was over budget by 6 cents."
She said the government "is not teaching our disadvantaged how to...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
A policy brief published by the California Center for Public Healthy Advocacy reveals "an alarming spike" in sugary beverage consumption among 12- to 17-year-olds, reported the Appeal Democrat, a newspaper that serves Sutter and Yuba counties.
"We are in the midst of a youth diabetes epidemic that is perpetuated by all of these sugary drinks," said Harold Goldstein, one of the report's authors and the executive director at the California Center for Public Health Advocacy.
Research cited in the policy brief found that the percent of children under...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Admonitions by nutritionists to eat more fruits and vegetables for good heath may be steering people into the grocery store produce department. But for better value, year-round selection and environmental benefits, don't neglect the canned and frozen food aisles, advised an article in Mother Jones magazine.
Nutritionally, preserved fruits and vegetables can be equivalent or superior to fresh, said Diane Barrett, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Food Science and Technology at UC Davis.
By the time a stalk of broccoli makes it from the farm to the supermarket to your...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
How much sugar is in a can of soda? Is an instant noodle cup a healthy lunch? The answers are in a video produced by San Diego County News Center that featured a nutrition presentation by UC Cooperative Extension nutrition educator Shirley Salado. Salado is part of EFNEP - the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.
UCCE has hosted EFNEP in San Diego County for nearly 40 years, educating underserved, low-income populations on making healthy food and fitness choices for themselves and their children.
See the video here: