Nutrition & Health

Press Release Release No. 0154.21 Contact: USDA Press Email: press@usda.gov Council Bluffs, I.A.

A 19th century nursery rhyme insists that little girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice." They're not, of course. And neither are butterflies always "pretty." They can be "pretty gross," according to a delightful children's picture book, "Butterflies Are Pretty...

This is not something you see every day.

ANR Environmental Horticulture (EH) academics develop and extend research-based information to producers and end-users of landscape, nursery, turfgrass, and floriculture plants.

Contrary to the messages we are exposed to from popular culture, media, and public health about body size, focusing on how much a person weighs isn't necessarily an effective way to promote health.

During the heat of summer, blackberries ripen on vines throughout California. While blackberries grow well in many regions of the state, the types that grow in wilderness areas tend to be smaller and contain more seeds than the large, sweet berries grown in gardens and on farms.

Are you interested in helping others and giving back to your community? Do you have a passion for gardening and volunteering? The UCCE Stanislaus County* Master Gardener Program is now accepting applications for 2022.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, families were becoming more food insecure than ever before and with stay at home orders, shopping for food and other items was becoming limited.

Approximately 48 million people are sickened by foodborne illnesses leading to 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths every year, according to the CDC estimates. A foodborne disease outbreak occurs when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink.

It's early morning. A newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, perches alone in the center of a lavender bed in Vacaville, Calif. It's too early for the honey bees.