Youth Development

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New study describes California’s successful hybrid remote and in-person WIC programs during the COVID-19 pandemic

August 18, 2022
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie
New research shows that participants and directors of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) across California greatly appreciate the hybrid model of remote and in-person services that have been offered during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommend permanentl...
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New study finds that a farmers market incentive program for SNAP shoppers is associated with decreased participant food insecurity

August 10, 2022
By Wendi Gosliner, Sridharshi C Hewawitharana, Ron Strochlic, Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute researchers conducted an evaluation of the California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP), which provides CalFresh (the California division of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants with dollar-for-dollar incentives for the purchase of California-grown...
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Petaluma beekeeper Ettamarie Peterson holds some newly emerged bees at a Randy Oliver demonstration at the 2007 Western Apicultural Society tour of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Meet Ettamarie Peterson: Sonoma's Queen Bee and 4-H Beekeeping Queen

August 9, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When 4-H beekeeping project leader Ettamarie Peterson of the Liberty 4-H Club, Petaluma, meets with her youth group at the beginning of the 4-H year, she tells them NOT to buy bees, equipment or bee suits. It's NOT because they're unnecessary. She supplies them.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI contributes recommendations to the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

August 8, 2022
By Danielle Lee, Christina E Hecht, Lorrene D Ritchie
For the second time since 1969, the White House is holding a conference on US nutrition. The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, planned for September 2022, aims to provide a comprehensive package of strategies to reduce hunger and improve nutrition and health in the US.
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Slogan accompanied by logs of firewood and flames.
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Buy it Where You Burn It!

August 4, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
Planning a camping trip? One item you can leave off your packing list is firewood. The slogan, Buy it Where You Burn it! is a catchy reminder to purchase firewood at your destination. By bringing wood from home, you can unknowingly spread invasive pests and diseases that can harm trees.
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Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows a visitor how to spread the wings of a moth. (Photo by Tabatha Yang)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bohart Museum Moth Night: What a Night!

August 2, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Oh, what a night! It was like a moth to a flame--or 400 moths to a flame--when a record crowd surged into the Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night for its July 30th open house.
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