- Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Are you concerned about pesticides in our waterways? Join us on August 18, 2022 at noon for UC IPM's free monthly webinar to learn how to keep surface water clean by reducing pesticide use and runoff. The webinar will be presented by Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Area Urban IPM Advisor and Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM with the UC Statewide IPM Program. Register today to serve your spot!
Hate spiders? Love them? On September 15, 2022 we'll feature a webinar on Arachnophobia! Dr. Lynn Kimsey, Director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis, will discuss various common myths and misconceptions about spiders. You don't want to miss this one! Register at https://ucanr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CXwGEwWvRAOWw8FUjBOcvg .
As always, both webinars will be recorded and posted on the UC IPM YouTube channel within 3 weeks of the live webinar. No continuing education units (CEUs) will be offered for those with California DPR licenses. UC Master Gardeners and others can request CEU approval from their local program coordinators.
Hope to see you there!
- Author: Julia Van Soelen Kim, UCCE North Bay Food Systems Advisor, jvansoelen@ucanr.edu
Attendees were interested in learning the ins and outs of creating small-batch and artisanal “value-added” products featuring locally grown fruits and vegetables. Value-added production is an emerging food trend with the potential to help grow the local economy and support farmers' livelihood by tapping new revenue streams from preserving the peak of harvest and farm seconds which may otherwise go to waste.
The workshop opened with a warm welcome from Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt (District 2) and Supervisor Shirlee Zane (District 3) and thoughtful facilitation from Joseph McIntyre with Ag Innovations Network. These leaders “built a foundation of trust, care, and urgency for the work, resulting in a productive and energizing day for the audience and presenters alike,” explained Pamela Swan with Sonoma County's Department of Health Services.
The workshop was offered as part of the “Opportunities in Ag Business” series presented by UC Cooperative Extension and Sonoma County Department of Health Services and was generously sponsored by American Ag Credit. The workshop complemented the work of the Sonoma County Food System Alliance and helped move forward the goals of the Food Action Plan, the countywide vision for a vibrant local food system.
- Author: Ben Faber
25% Discount on International Avocado Quality Manuals and Booklets (English and Spanish)
Description: This comprehensive avocado quality resource is printed on heavy weight gloss paper and comprises 70 pages (8.5” x 11”) of information, including 85 photographs, with sections on assess quality, ripening, external quality, internal quality, cultivars, and damage scenarios.
Through the end of June we are offering a 25% discount on the beautiful “International Avocado Quality” manuals and booklets, available in both English and Spanish.
The regular price for the manuals is $45, now on sale for $33.75; and the regular price for the booklets is $15, now on sale for $11.25. We invite you to order a copy for your library today. U.S. addresses only, please use our online storehttps://marketplace.ucdavis.edu/C21642_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=2&CATID=7&SINGLESTORE=true . International addresses, please use our printed order form.
http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/files/71523.pdf
Please use the code “IAQ25%” to receive the discount.
- NDP news release: Myriam Grajales-Hall
U.S. Hispanics, particularly those foreign-born and Spanish-language dominant, claim to know more about nutrition than most people, but define nutrition in terms of quality as well as quantity, according to The NPD Group, a market research company. Filling and eating everything on-a-plate conveys that a person “eats well” and a nutritious meal was served, which is a symbol of good health among Spanish-language dominant and foreign-born U.S. Hispanics, according to insights shared in a recently released NPD study on U.S. Hispanics’ food and beverage consumption patterns.
U.S. Hispanics’ pride in their cooking, emphasis on traditional flavors and ensuring the food they feed their families is nutritious, shapes perceptions that healthy foods aren’t as tasty or as nutritious, according to NPD’s It's Mealtime with U.S. Hispanic reports. Forty-six percent of Spanish-language dominant Hispanics feel that almost everything that is very good for you doesn’t taste very good. However, proportions change as Hispanics acculturate. For example, 31 percent of bilingual Hispanics and only 11 percent of English dominant Hispanics agree.
“Food and beverages play a central role in the preservation of Hispanic culture and reconnection for family; as a result, Hispanics view mealtime, nutrition, and healthy eating differently than non-Hispanics,” says Terry Soto, president and CEO of About Marketing Solutions, Inc., who consulted with NPD on the development of the It’s Mealtime with U.S. Hispanics report. “Going for seconds is encouraged and welcomed, and conveys that a person ‘eats well’ and has a good appetite, which is a symbol of good health.”
The NPD report, which includes information from NET® Hispanic, a year-long study on the eating behaviors of U.S. Hispanics by level of acculturation, finds that the effect of Hispanics’ attitudes about nutrition and healthy eating are reflected in weight and health issues, particularly among Spanish-dominant U.S. Hispanics.
The researchers indicate that bilingual nutritional information on products and in-store will help, but it’s also important to keep in mind less-acculturated Hispanics’ attitudes that healthy isn’t tasty or in some cases as nutritious.
Source: NPD Group, U.S. Hispanics Define Nutrition in Terms of Quality and Quantity and Perceive Healthy Foods as Less Tasty, Reports NPD, October 8, 2012.
- Author: Katherine E Heck
The Forum for Youth Investment produced a summary of tools for measuring program quality in 2009, Measuring Youth Program Quality. This report provided guidance on selecting an assessment tool for youth development programs, with information about several potential tools. They just released a new, similar report on measuring youth outcomes, From Soft Skills to Hard Data. Several outcomes tools are discussed, including the Developmental Assets Profile, the California Healthy Kids Survey, the San Francisco Beacons Youth Survey, and others.