Nutrition & Health

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Thriving Forward: Article

Supporting the Mental Well-Being of Young People

October 10, 2023
By Matthew R Rodriguez
One of the public values of the University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources is the promotion of healthy people and communities. One aspect of healthy people is promoting mental well-being.
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A migrating monarch butterfly finds nectar in a zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Monarch vs. Honey Bee: 'Nectar for Me, None for You'

October 5, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The monarch migration is well underway. The iconic butterflies fluttering into California from the Pacific Northwest engage in "nectar stops" to fuel their flight to their overwintering sites along coastal California. They are not the only ones seeking nectar.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Research brief: Family childcare home providers need more CACFP funding to provide healthy meals and snacks to young children

October 5, 2023
By Danielle Lee
New research highlights the need for increased funding in the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program to ensure family childcare home providers can offer nutritious meals and snacks to young children.CACFP serves nutritious meals and snacks to over 4.2 million children in childcare, annually.
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El pasado sábado 30 de septiembre la Escuela de Medicina de UCR celebró el Día Nacional del Médico Latino con una conferencia a tráves de la cual buscaban conscientizar sobre la necesidad de atraer a más latinos a la profesión.
Nuestra Comunidad: Article

California ante una escasez de médicos Latinos

October 3, 2023
By Diana Cervantes
UC busca atraer a estudiantes hispanos a sus escuelas de medicina Toda mi vida tuve problemas de salud, vivo con un rin y cuando estaba creciendo vi muchas veces que mi familia tena problemas para navegar en el sistema mdico en este pas, dice Javier Prieto, estudiante del segundo ao de la escuela de...
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Thyme to Garden: Autumn Issue

October 1, 2023
Crocus Sativus By Karen Seroff When most gardeners hear the name crocus', they think of charming little bright purple and yellow flowers coming up through patches of snow heralding springtime.
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Figure 2. Applicator for dosing granular PAM into drainage ditches.

New approaches to using polyacrylamide (PAM) to reduce sediment and sediment bound pesticides and nutrients in runoff and improve chlorine efficacy: Part II—an auger applicator for treating irrigation runoff in farm ditches

September 29, 2023
By Michael D Cahn
Minimizing suspended sediments in irrigation runoff is desirable for several reasons. For growers reusing tailwater for watering their crops, they must assure that the water has minimal food safety risks by testing it for generic E coli and/or treating it with chlorine.
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