Nutrition & Health

Marisa Tsai, researcher at the University of California Nutrition Policy Institute, received the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Cheri Pies award for her doctoral work to examine intergenerational transmission of food security.

El cultivo y cuidado de la col rizada, menta y guisantes en las jardineras, dos carretillas, de la escuela Ysmael Villegas en Riverside culmin con broche de oro.

Vaya que el aguacate sigue dando sorpresas! Quizs los consumidores sepan que es una fruta cremosita sabrosa, nutritiva y reconocida por su gran semilla.

Ever since Senate Bill 1383 took effect earlier this year, local governments and organizations across California have been scrambling to develop strategies to recycle organic waste. Schools are no exception.

If you've recently visited the pollinator gardens at The Hive, a family business owned by Z Specialty Food, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland, you've seen the spectacular Pride of Madeira, Echium candicans. Now another "pride" awaits.

No doubt you've seen a praying mantis egg case, or ootheca, on a tree, shrub, fence or post. But have you ever seen one attached to a clothespin on an outdoor clothes line? So here we were Thursday afternoon, hanging freshly laundered dog blankets on the clothes line.

While in the U.S. Army, UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock worked as medical officer in a burn clinic. His mother served 15 years as a nurse in a children's hospital burn center.

PNAS paper Every year some 10,000 burn victims in the United States undergo an acute inflammatory reaction and die of burn-related infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties south through San Diego and Imperial counties, Californians will be seeing more University of California Cooperative Extension advisors in their communities.

More green spaces and urban farming opportunities could be helpful in future disasters People who turned to gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic did so to relieve stress, connect with others and grow their own food in hopes of avoiding the virus, according to a survey conducted by researchers at t...