Nutrition & Health

Nearly half of the 14,500 tons of solid waste generated by public schools in the US is food packaging. University of California researchers have created a standardized method to measure this waste as a first step toward reducing it.

Participants of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program often report high prices and lack of access to high-quality, affordable produce as a leading barrier to increasing their fruit and vegetable consumption.

During a GROW Field Day when 100 high school students enjoyed harvesting and tasting avocados, the Orange County Farm Bureau announced a $690,000 gift to expand University of California-affiliated programs that introduce young people to agricultural careers.

Through the California Universal Meals Program public school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools will provide breakfast and lunch at no charge to students requesting a meal, regardless of their free or reduced-price meal eligibility during each school day. On Tues.

One more look at the annual California Honey Festival, held Saturday, May 7 in downtown Woodland... They came to taste the honey, learn about the importance of honey bees, check out the bee observation hives, and to engage with beekeepers and merchants.

Nutrition Policy Institute researcher and policy advisor, Christina Hecht, will speak at an upcoming Childhood Obesity Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Study online coffee chat Thurs., May 19, 2022, from 10-10:50 a.m. PT on Improving Drinking Water Equity & Access in Schools on.

If you haven't been around honey bees much, and can't distinguish the queen from a worker bee (sterile female) or drone (male bee), head over the California Master Beekeeper Program displays at the California Honey Festival on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. in downtown Woodland.

Hear that buzz? See those bees? Taste that honey? When the California Honey Festival takes place Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Woodland, you'll hear the buzz, see the buzz, and sample honey.

With the month of May upon us, wildfire season (at least here in the Sierra foothills) is just around the corner.

University of California Cooperative Extension Drought Resources To Keep Your Plants Alive "Trees Come First Under Drought and Water Restrictions" Keeping Plants Alive Under Drought and Water Restrictions (English) https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8553.