Nutrition & Health

Would you eat a chocolate-covered cicada? Yes? No? Maybe? Entomophagy is no problem for scientists at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis. They know where the office snacks are kept. The items includedrum rollchocolate-covered cicadas.

USDA Expands Assistance for Drought-Impacted Ranchers In response to severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Advisory recently in response to increased reports of illness associated with products containing the pesticide ivermectin.

Partnering for California The COVID-19 pandemic hit farmers hard. Supply chains were disrupted and even non-traditional agritourism revenue streams such as hay mazes and on-farm events had to be canceled due to shelter-in-place mandates.

Prominent integrated pest management (IPM) entomologist Charles "Charlie" Geddes Summers of Clinton, Utah, whose University of California career in crop pest management spanned 42 years, died Aug. 12, 2021 at age 79 of acute respiratory failure at a hospital in Layton, Utah. Dr.

Childhood obesity rates increased during the global COVID-19 pandemic according to a study published in August in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The next Urban & Community IPM webinar will be Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 1:00pm. This month's topic is Identifying Insect Pests in the Home and Garden, presented by Elaine Lander.

Partnering for California The COVID-19 pandemic hit farmers hard. Supply chains were disrupted and even non-traditional agritourism revenue streams such as hay mazes and on-farm events had to be canceled due to shelter-in-place mandates.

Study finds using less doesn't compromise quality California grape growers in coastal areas can use less water during times of drought and cut irrigation levels without affecting crop yields or quality, according to a new study out of the University of California, Davis.

If you have a garden or compost bin, you probably have plant volunteers. What is a plant volunteer? Any type of plant that grows somewhere you did not intentionally plant it. That's what happened to Master Food Preserver, Lynn Pastusak.