Nutrition & Health

In May 2020, running until the end of the 2021-2022 school year, the US Congress authorized the US Department of Agriculture to issue nationwide waivers that allowed all schools to provide universal free school meals to mitigate the impacts of school closures as well as the broader economic challeng...

With heavy rains in the forecast amid strengthening El Nio conditions, almond growers should be on the lookout for a rare disease that can cause severe damage to their orchards, according to Florent Trouillas, a University of California Cooperative Extension specialist in fruit and nut pathology.

"Why Study Insects?" That's the title of a poster next to the door of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis.

Beeswax cloth presents a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to plastic film wraps. In contrast to plastic wraps that contribute to pollution and have a slow decomposition process lasting years, beeswax wraps naturally break down, mitigating their environmental impact.

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers studied an intervention for the expansion of the Mandela Health and Wealth Net, a food hub-based healthy retail initiative located in Oakland, California.

Plans are underway for the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a free "Super Science Day" for the public to observe science in action, and meet the scientists one-on-one. The event, set for Saturday, Feb.

Los meses de invierno que proceden a las fiestas decembrinas, cuando los centros de distribucin de alimentos registran una de las mayores actividades del ao, ofrecen una buena oportunidad para que estas empresas realicen una evaluacin de sus sistemas y procesos sobre seguridad alimentaria.

Los sistemas de ordeo automatizados se usan cada vez ms en California en respuesta a problemas laborales La escasez de mano de obra de calidad y las crecientes regulaciones en torno a la produccin de leche, oblig a Fred Rau, una lechera del condado de Fresno, a dar el salto hace algunos aos al uso d...

Granjas regionales darn demostraciones sobre prcticas como el cultivo de cubiertas vegetales, reduccin de labranza, composta y mantillos, plantacin de setos y sistemas para optimizar el riego Un subsidio de cerca de dos millones de dlares permitir acelerar, a travs de sitios de demostracin en Califo...

Una razn ms para adoptar cultivos sustentables Los productores de trigo de California podran mantener el nivel de sus producciones y mejorar la salud de la tierra al mismo tiempo, si cultivan el trigo de temporada anual que no les requiere labrar la tierra ao con ao.