Nutrition & Health

It's only right that our University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Bernardino County Master Gardener Trees for Tomorrow' team of volunteers are our featured Spotlight' Master Gardeners for September, 2021.

This is another press release from USDA that provides updates to the Covid19 pandemic assistance program for livestock, poultry contract producers and specialty crop growers. Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov USDA Sets October 12 Deadline for CFAP 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2021The U.S.

The end of summer is fast approaching and if you have fruit trees, you might have a load of stone fruit on your hands.

Partnering for California A volunteer recovering from a drug addiction gives time regularly to help stay sober. An older person uses outdoor spaces to stay active, physically and socially, despite mobility issues.

Oh, to be a praying mantis, and hide among the flowers waiting for prey. On a warm sunny morning in Vacaville, Calif., this female Stagmomantis limbata positioned herself in a patch of Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are postponing our class in Spanish that was scheduled for August 24, 2021. We hope to have a new date soon. There's still time to register for our class in English on August 31 at 6:00 p.m. The class will be held outdoors in a shady spot near Harvest Hall.

Hear that buzz? Are you ready for National Honey Bee Day? It's held the third Saturday of August and that's tomorrow. Launched in 2009 by a small group of beekeepers petitioning the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture (USDA), the day basically "honors" honey bees and beekeeping.

The CDC has released their Fall Influenza Frequently Asked Questions for the 2021-22 flu season. I suggest reading the top line bullet points at a minimum, but the guide addresses COVID and Flu vaccine administration timing among flu-related questions and concerns.

Meals provided to children at schoolsfunded by the USDAhelp mitigate childhood food insecurity. Despite COVID-19 related school closures beginning March 2020, school districts across California continued to offer meals to children and families.

Curious goats milled around the masked elementary school students who were raking out the livestock stalls.