Nutrition & Health

Introducing Dr Maurice Pitesky, the Chicken Whisperer. Maurice has a great opportunity for egg-loving residents to have their backyard chicken eggs tested for FREE! Request to you: If you have egg laying chickens, this is the project for you.

In January, more than 600 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) professionals across California gathered in Sacramento for the SNAP-Ed Local Implementing Agency Forum.

UC Master Gardeners of Fresno County are celebrated in the March issue of Central Valley magazine. The issue is focused on gardening, ranging from growing one tomato plant on an apartment balcony to tending numerous raised beds that produce a bounty of produce for the family table.

One of California's most important specialty crops is almonds; in 2016 the state's crop was worth $5.2 billion. Our climate is ideal for almond production, and as a result we grow more than 80% of the world's supply.

Quick question: What was diagnostic parasitologist Lauren Camp of the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital wearing on her head as she talked about the nematode collection last Saturday at the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day?

While serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela, Mark Gaskell got his first experience with thriving coffee plantations.

Put yourself for a minute in some kid-sized shoes. Let's call you Maggie. You are in third grade. Your dad works full time and he picked you up from the afterschool program at 6:00 p.m. You and dad got home about 7:00 p.m.

Students' surroundings can greatly impact their learning and health, research has shown.

What better day to deliver a seminar on bumble bees than on Valentine's Day?

Farms that sell only fresh produce are dependent on buyers for markets and pricing.