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Despite a recent study suggesting that children drink fewer sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) the longer they participate in the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), new findings from a study conducted with a large sample of WIC-participating families...

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Arachnids, myriapods, the California dogface butterfly and the Asian giant hornet will be among the critters or specimens sharing a Bohart Museum of Entomology booth at the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UC Davis Conference Center, 555 Alumni Lane.

Have you found yourself in the garden looking at a plant and wondering what is going on with those leaves? You think your plant is getting enough, but not too much, water but it just doesn't look right.

The CalFresh Healthy Living Program at UC Cooperative Extension is working with ethnic communities to transform their environment by implementing a community garden.

I have always said that I lead a charmed life and little of what I encounter is hard'. Often the response is a quizzical look. I go on to explain by stating that I have never known real, sustained hunger. I don't have a long-term debilitating condition. I have never lived in the middle of a war.

Come and see see us during Arbor Day "month". When: Saturday, March 12 10 am to noon Where: 547 Market St., Colusa Colusa County Courthouse See the flier for details.

Does anyone else think this is the best time of the year for gardeners? I know you can't really see what's going to happen, but this is always the most inspirational part of the year for me.

Image: Allen King A Fillmore grower recently reported honeybees collecting rust spores on willow trees!!! Her baskets are loaded with rust spores. Rust-collecting honeybees are reported by others so it's not an unusual occurrence.

Building partnerships and fostering community engagement practices is an essential component of CalFresh Healthy Living (SNAP-Ed in California). These practices support local sustainable activities.