Nutrition & Health

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Healthy Youth, Families, and Communities: Article

Putting SLO County Food Access on the Map

May 15, 2023
By Shannon Klisch
More than 23,000 people, including 4,800 children, in San Luis Obispo County have difficulty getting enough food throughout the year for an active, healthy life. When people can't access enough food, their overall health suffers.
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The Klamath River and trees are in background as Hillman harvests willow roots

Indigenous science key to adapting to climate change

May 15, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
En espaol To adapt to climate change, Karuk Tribe members identified the importance of monitoring climate stress on plant species and actively managing and restoring healthy ecosystem processes to increase the consistency and quality of their food harvests, according to a new report.
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Two girls smiling in a school cafeteria with blue aprons and food prep gloves on.
Healthy Youth, Families, and Communities: Article

Culinary Academy returns, post-pandemic

May 11, 2023
By Shannon Klisch, Kelly Q Hong, Mishelle Costa
Three years ago, in early March 2020, our CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE team was sitting in our downstairs auditorium trying to figure out how we could host our annual 4-H SNAC Culinary Academy in the face of something we had never experienced, and didn't yet grasp, was going to be a pandemic that w...
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NPI job opening: Administrative Officer 2

May 10, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Sibani Michael Bose
An Administrative Officer 2 position is available at the Nutrition Policy Institute, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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