Nutrition & Health

Lorrene Ritchie, Nutrition Policy Institute director and cooperative extension specialist, was quoted in an Oct. 17, 2022 News Nation article, WIC extension led to fewer hungry kids; will it continue?.

Investigadores indagan qu feromona podra prevenir a la reproduccin de una plaga Cientficos de UC Riverside estn a la caza de una sustancia qumica que podra interrumpir el apareamiento del malvado gorgojo a fin de evitar que esa plaga acabe con los deliciosos aguacates en California.

Nutrition Policy Institute and affiliated researchers were featured in a Morning Ag Clips article on Oct. 20, 222, Nutrition Policy Institute work underpins historic White House conference. The article introduced the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, which took place on Sept.

Una vez que hayas visto la fruta del dragn, nunca la olvidars. Su cscara escamosa de un rojo brillante y a veces amarillo o prpura tiene una apariencia impresionante.

Investigadores de la Universidad de California en Davis han encontrado una forma de reducir la cantidad de fertilizantes de nitrgeno que se requiere en la produccin de los cultivos de cereal.

With full containment of the Mosquito Fire last weekend, residents of Placer and El Dorado Counties have largely returned home and are beginning the difficult process of recovery.

The federal government is awarding $6.2 million to University of California, Davis, to study how to use breeding and genetic information to protect strawberry crops from future diseases and pests.

Kassandra Bacon joined the Nutrition Policy Institute staff as a project policy analyst on October 12, 2022. Kassandra attended the UC Berkeley School of Public Health where she earned her MPH with a concentration in Public Health Nutrition and Graduate Certificate in Food Systems.

You may not think about rodents such as rats, mice, or gophers until they become a pest around your home. Because rodents can be major pests in and around homes, gardens, landscapes, restaurants, and other buildings, each year pest control experts celebrate Rodent Awareness Week.

San Diego County used to be home to nearly 25,000 acres of avocado trees but today there are about 14,000. The drastic decrease is largely due to rising costs associated with avocado production, namely the cost of water.