Nutrition & Health

The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks served to children enrolled for care at participating child care centers and family child care homes. The 31st Annual CACFP Conference in Sacramento, California Oct.

I've noticed over the years that by the end of August, gardeners like myself, and sometimes their gardens too, often reach a state of sticky, sweaty, overheated and aphid-covered exhaustion.

A recent study on COVID-related changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Cash Value Benefit (CVB) for participants to purchase fruits and vegetables demonstrates a positive relationship between CVB amounts and nutritional security.

FoodCorps has held a special place in my heart ever since I served as a FoodCorps service member at Phelan Elementary during the 2019-2020 school year. It was hard work and also immensely rewarding to connect kids with healthy food and share the joy of gardening.

Las recetas preferidas pasan de generacin a generacin entre las familias, los recuerdos de mam cocinando esas recetas se convierten en algo invaluable. Son tesoros que se heredan y conservan un alto valor gastronmico y emocional porque las comidas se veneran tanto como los lasos familiares.

The American Public Health Association holds an Annual Meeting & Expo for public health professionals to engage, collaborate, and network with the overarching goal of advancing the nation's health.

It was a major project, a long time coming, and what an excellent resource for those studying the spotted-wing drosophila, a worldwide threat to the berry production industry.

UC Riverside scientists are on the hunt for a chemical that disrupts evil weevils' mating and could prevent them from destroying California's supply of avocados. Avocado weevils, small beetles with long snouts, drill through fruit to lay eggs.

Nutrition Policy Institute director Lorrene Ritchie will present at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo. The conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, October 8-11. Ritchie will be co-presenting a session on October 9, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

September is National Preparedness Month, designated to encourage disaster and emergency readiness.