- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Food Jobs, a regular feature on the KCET food blog 'The Nosh,' covers Southern California men and women who work in the food industry, but not in the kitchen. For a recent post, writer Christianna Reinhardt found UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor for Los Angeles County Brenda Roche.
A registered dietitian with a master of science degree in food policy and applied nutrition from Tufts University, Roche interned with UNICEF in India during college. She evaluated mother and children nutrition programs in rural villages in a hands-on,...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
One of the 18 trainees in Los Angeles County's newly revived Master Food Preserver program is Los Angeles Times blogger Rachael Narins, who has promised her readers tips and highlights as she completes the 12-week training session.
Increasing interest in home gardening and sustainable eating has renewed enthusiasm for what was a dying art 10 years ago, when the program was discontinued in Los Angeles County. This spring, 56 applicants were willing to pay the $120 fee and commit to volunteering a minimum of 30 hours in order to receive the food preservation training.
After just the first class, Narins is already beginning...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
In what is probably a natural outgrowth of the emerging vegetable gardening and local food movement, Los Angeles County UC Cooperative Extension is bringing back a Master Food Preserver program.
The program was discontinued 10 years ago when home canning fell out of favor in modern kitchens. Interest has rebounded. A story in the LA Weekly blog Squid Ink says Master Food Preserver Ernest Miller and UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor Brenda Roche will relaunch the program in March.
Like Master Gardeners, Master Food Preservers...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
We Americans like our sweets and fats, plus they're convenient and cheap, conditions that that don't bode well for a society suffering from an obesity crisis, according to UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor Brenda Roche.
Roche shared these sentiments with millions of Americans on the National Public Radio program Marketplace this week. The story dealt with the higher cost of healthy calories vs. empty calories. Roche said she teaches youth in her nutrition classes that junk food costs can add up too.
"When we...