Youth Development

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Tribal Members planting vegetables
UCCE Riverside County: Article

Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe Grow a Healthy Garden

April 18, 2022
By Chutima H Ganthavorn
The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Riverside (CFHL, UCCE) has been working with the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe to advance policy systems and environmental change (PSE) and the health of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla people since 2013.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Resources for Backyard Chicken Producers

April 11, 2022
By Daniel K Macon
Like many people in the rural areas of the Sierra foothills, my family raises chickens. Our dozen or so laying hens keep us supplied with eggs year-round.
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These are Ishai Zeldner's bee boxes in The Hive, Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Beekeeper

March 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ishai Zeldner, a beekeeper turned businessman, would have been proud. Zeldner, who died in 2018 at age 71, would have been proud to see the family business he founded, Z Specialty Food, develop into a 20,000 square-foot facility at 1221 Harter Way, Woodland. It was his dream.
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"Queen Bee" Amina Harris of Z Specialty Food is also the executive director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Nature Day Celebration: Pride of Madeira, Pride of The Hive

March 29, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've recently visited the pollinator gardens at The Hive, a family business owned by Z Specialty Food, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland, you've seen the spectacular Pride of Madeira, Echium candicans. Now another "pride" awaits.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Comprehensive California and US-based COVID-19 policy database characterizes the landscape of safety net programs and policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

March 16, 2022
By Danielle Lee
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a massive change to daily life on a global scale and further exacerbated pre-existing racial and socioeconomic disparities in health with racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with low-income more likely to be infected, die, or suffer economic consequences.
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La ley SB1192, de California para bebidas saludables busca reducir el consumo de bebidas azucaradas que contribuye a una mala salud en la niñez. Fotografía por Christopher Williams en Unsplash
Comunidades Saludables: Article

No se cumple con una ley a favor de la salud de los niños

March 14, 2022
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Una investigacin de UC ANR encontr que con frecuencia no se cumple una nueva ley SB1192 sobre bebidas saludables para nios que exige que los restaurantes de comida rpida que incluyen la bebida en el men ofrezcan solamente: agua, agua gasificada o leche sin sabor.
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