- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
UC Cooperative Extension took part in the annual Lean-N-Green Day at Grand Oaks Elementary School in Shasta Lake this week, reported Joe Szydiowski in the Redding Record-Searchlight.
UCCE nutrition educator Lori Coker helped children play the "Sugar Cube Game," in which students raced to amass white sugar blocks to reach the amount in a bottle of soda. An 11-year-old participant told the reporter she would be telling her family about the surprising amount of sugar in their favorite drinks.
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Sometimes, it's all in the name. A garden variety story about nutrition education seems to have gotten lots of pickup in the media, perhaps because of the catchy moniker attached to the teacher - the Carrot Lady.
Sutter-Yuba UC Cooperative Extension youth nutrition educator Angela O'Rourke visits local schools and teaches children about healthy eating by guiding educational activities and offering samples of carrots and other vegetables, according to a story in the Appeal-Democrat.
"You can call her the...