Nutrition & Health

Hi! My name is Brenda (She/Her) and I am a GrizzlyCorps Rural Climate Fellow at The Hopland Research and Extension Center. Let me tell you a little bit about myself and my interests. I grew up in Goleta, CA and from a young age, found myself gravitating to community gardens.

The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, commonly known as CACFP, provides tiered reimbursements to family childcare homes to ensure children in low-income communities have access to healthy meals.

Preliminary Findings Report • Download PDF (456 KB)Authors: Yu Meng, Marisa Neelon, Yulia Lamoureaux, Nayoung Song, Danielle Lee, and Susana MatiasBackgroundThe UC ANR Household Food Waste Reduction project has the overall aim to reduce household food waste among Californians, and it will be implemented in…

A 2023 Arizona survey of food service directors and school nutrition staff identified the effects of the move away from free school meals for all students in the 2022-2023 academic year.

When Tracy Schohr volunteered in her son's pre-K class a couple years ago, she was stunned to find out that only two of the 20 children had ever been around a tractor. And this was in the rural Butte County community of Gridley, in the heart of California's rice-growing region.

Facing a deluge of lower-price products from Europe, the California olive oil industry is doubling down on its clear-cut competitive edge: the consistent and bona fide quality of its oil.

Communities in Los Angeles and around California face a variety of water challenges ranging from access to clean, affordable water to water supplies threatened by a changing climate.

Dehydrated Zucchini Flour Lynn Pastusak, UC Master Food Preserver Volunteer I went out of town for four days and came home to massive zucchini!! What was I going to do with these monsters? I hate to throw away good food, especially beautiful home grown food.

Christian Black joined the Nutrition Policy Institute at the University of California in September 2024 as our 2024-2025 UC Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellowship, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Fellow.

Since the first reports of a new almond pest the carpophilus beetle (Carpophilus truncatus) came in during fall 2023, it has become clear that the beetle is widely dispersed across the San Joaquin Valley.