Nutrition & Health

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Yellow starthistle flower<br>(Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Stars and Stripes

July 1, 2020
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
While many of you are preparing for the 4th of July holiday, we at UC IPM are also thinking about stars and stripes but in a slightly different way: yellow starthistle and striped skunks.
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A praying mantis nymph, Stagmomantis limbata, spreads out across a sunflower blossom in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What's for Dinner? Drama on a Sunflower Blossom

June 30, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's for dinner? If you're a praying mantis nymph, Stagmomantis limbata, perched on a sunflower, sometimes it can be a long wait. Breakfast fades into lunch, lunch fades into dinner... First you scout out your territory and spread out (hey, look at me)!.
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UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County: Article

Summer safety: Tips to avoid foodborne and heat illnesses

June 28, 2020
By Rose M Hayden-Smith
Happy summer! It's time to get the barbecue grilling and the pool party started. To keep your summer healthy and fun, UC ANR offers some important safety tips. Food poisoning is a serious health threat in the United States, especially during the hot summer months.
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cherry tree
Spill the Beans: Article

Tales from the Orchard

June 28, 2020
Editor's note: Master Gardeners are keeping busy in their own gardens during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Peek a bee! A honey bee forages on tropical milkweed blossoms while a monarch caterpillar chows down. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Love at First Bite, Love at First Sip

June 26, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Picture this during National Pollinator Week: five monarch caterpillars and assorted honey bees sharing tropical milkweed. It was love at first bite. Or love at first sip. The 'cats kept munching and the bees kept foraging. Neither species seemed interested in the other.
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Healthy Central Sierra: Article

Black Lives Matter + Commitment to Health Equity

June 26, 2020
The Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences program in the Central Sierra values community health and health equity, and recognizes that these goals will never be achieved as long as racism and structural inequality persist in our communities and in our country.
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A honey bee struggles to fit inside a strawberry blossom. In the bee world, one size fits all.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Come on In--the Pollen's Fine

June 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
She didn't know it was National Pollinator Week. If she had, she would have paid it no mind. She just knew that this was some fine pollen as she struggled to fit inside the strawberry blossom. The honey bee, Apis mellifera, is like that: determined, decisive, and mission-bound.
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