Nutrition & Health

The CDC has released their Fall Influenza Frequently Asked Questions for the 2021-22 flu season. I suggest reading the top line bullet points at a minimum, but the guide addresses COVID and Flu vaccine administration timing among flu-related questions and concerns.

Meals provided to children at schoolsfunded by the USDAhelp mitigate childhood food insecurity. Despite COVID-19 related school closures beginning March 2020, school districts across California continued to offer meals to children and families.

Curious goats milled around the masked elementary school students who were raking out the livestock stalls.

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If you are subscribed to this email blog, you are already familiar with the UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program. We thought it would be fun to interview some of our volunteers so you can learn more about them, and why they volunteer.

Drinking water safety, especially for children, has become an issue of heightened concern since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in 2014.

Congratulations are in order! Associate professor Guodong Zhang of the University of Massachusetts' Department of Food Science and a former UC Davis postdoctoral scholar advised by UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, has just been named the recipient of the Foods 2021 Young Investigator...

In the United States, over 25 million people work and learn at colleges and universities, consuming an untold number of meals, snacks, and beverages while on campus.

Cover crops can provide many soil and ecosystem benefits, like improving water infiltration and providing resources for pollinators. However, we don't yet know which cover crop species are best suited for specific cash crops.

August is here, and summer vegetable plants are still growing strong. It's hard to believe it's time to start thinking about planting your fall vegetable garden! We are offering two free, in-person classes.