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Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) researchers' latest study on the quality of beverages, meals and snacks served to young children in licensed child care settings in California suggests sites that participate in the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) are more likely to provide nutritio...

By Faith Kearns. The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is affecting people across the globe, in states and cities, in our backyards, and our own living spaces.

Another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: the annual California Honey Festival, which was scheduled May 2 in historic downtown Woodland. This year would have been the fourth annual. But, of course, and rightfully so, the cancellation is for our protection. It needed not to happen.

In the past few weeks, we have been getting updates from some irrigation districts that water allocations have been reduced in some areas. We have provided some information in past years that will still be relevant this year. During drought years water deliveries are often restricted.

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Over the last 20 years, UC research has shown that dairies in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys are potentially major contributors of nitrate and salts in groundwater.

With the warm temperatures we had in February, and with the lack of rain in the middle of our rainy season, our plants have to be confused. I am certainly confused. The plants are growing and budding earlier than normal.

Golden Hills 4-H club volunteer project leader, Jemetha Cosgrove, and her two children, aged 12 and 7, repurposed their 3D printing equipment part of a 4-H AgTech project to make face shields to help in the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you're like me, you were probably surprised to look at the calendar this morning and realize that irrigation season begins in here in the Sierra foothills this week.

Whether you observed Easter or Passover, were preparing for Ramadan to start in 10 days or celebrated the time off, I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. For those in Modoc County, I hope you enjoyed the Easter Bunny Wave. The weather was perfect for it.