Nutrition & Health

What an incredible story! It all began with insects and an entomology graduate student's curiosity of how caterpillars turn into butterflies.

Luis Espino, agrnomo graduado en Per, es Asesor de Cultivos de Arroz en la Extensin Cooperativa del Condado de Butte de la Universidad de California (UC ANR). Su trayectoria en la agricultura comenz con una decisin clara: "Escog la agricultura porque quera algo prctico.

Nutrition Policy Institute's Kassandra Bacon will present with CACFP Roundtable's Samantha Kay-Daleiden Marshall at the 2024 Annual CACFP Conference at Universal Studios, CA. The conference focuses on the growth of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, commonly known as CACFP.

Learn how the Mediterranean Fruit Fly affects Alameda County crops and what you can do to prevent invasive pests from spreading.

One of the many things that make University of California Cooperative Extension in Imperial County unique is its close proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Hi! My name is Brenda (She/Her) and I am a GrizzlyCorps Rural Climate Fellow at The Hopland Research and Extension Center. Let me tell you a little bit about myself and my interests. I grew up in Goleta, CA and from a young age, found myself gravitating to community gardens.

The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, commonly known as CACFP, provides tiered reimbursements to family childcare homes to ensure children in low-income communities have access to healthy meals.

Preliminary Findings Report • Download PDF (456 KB)Authors: Yu Meng, Marisa Neelon, Yulia Lamoureaux, Nayoung Song, Danielle Lee, and Susana MatiasBackgroundThe UC ANR Household Food Waste Reduction project has the overall aim to reduce household food waste among Californians, and it will be implemented in…

A 2023 Arizona survey of food service directors and school nutrition staff identified the effects of the move away from free school meals for all students in the 2022-2023 academic year.

When Tracy Schohr volunteered in her son's pre-K class a couple years ago, she was stunned to find out that only two of the 20 children had ever been around a tractor. And this was in the rural Butte County community of Gridley, in the heart of California's rice-growing region.