Nutrition & Health

In February fresh produce is not as abundant as other months of the year, particularly fresh fruit. But this is an excellent time to embrace the many different types of dried fruits that are available throughout the whole year.

Hear that buzz? California almond pollination season is approaching. The season usually begins around Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, but we usually see the first-of-the-year almond blooms in mid-January in a hot spot near the Benicia marina. That's where we saw them on Jan.

Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio and Bernardo Nio of the E.L. Nio Bee Laboratory, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology are involved in a federally funded course to educate veterinarians in treating diseases of honey bees.

"What are YOU doing here?" It was Saturday morning, Jan. 23, and the monarch caterpillar seemed to be sunning itself on a milkweed leaf in our family's pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif., a Solano County city situated between San Francisco and Sacramento. Yes, Saturday, Jan. 23.

The 10th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day will be different this year. It will not be a day--it will be a month, the month of February. It will not be a walk-around event--it will be virtual.

Approximately 2 of every 3 children in the US spend time in child care settings where they consume much of their daily nutrition. Improving the foods and beverages offered in child care settings is a known childhood obesity prevention strategy.

The CalFresh Healthy Living UCCE Central Sierra program serves people across El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. We focus on improving community health for all, and on serving individuals who have limited financial means.

The first study of California law that requires schools to test tap water for lead found that the majority completed the testing on time, and only 3% reported any tested taps with lead in the water higher than the state's 15 parts per billion (ppb) limit.

Lynn Brown-Summers and Tim Summers are a dynamic husband-and-wife team. Their differing strengths have made them an inspiring team in serving their local community wherever they are needed.

The scale and pace of disasters impacting communities across California is increasing, in part due to human-caused climate change.