Nutrition & Health

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More than 60 online lessons that emphasize healthy eating, active living and gardening are being developed for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade.
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Nutrition educators pivot to meet California’s needs during pandemic

August 14, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
CalFresh Healthy Living, UC and its UC Cooperative Extension community educators work in schools and community settings to give low-income children and families the opportunities and resources they need to eat right, stay active and lead healthy lives.
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A female Stagmomantis limbata nymph starts the day by hanging upside down: keeps the blood flowing and the heart pumping. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

How a Praying Mantis Seizes the Day

August 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're a praying mantis, it's important to start the day out right by meditating, praying, and exercising. Close your eyes and slow your breathing. Be grateful for what you have, not what you want. But it's permissible to dream big, as in a Megachile pluto instead of a Perdita minima.
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So Easy to Preserve recipe book, pressure canner, and finished jar of canned pinto beans
Food Blog: Article

Home preservation for whole foods, plant-based lifestyles

August 14, 2020
By Susan Mosbacher
How my training as a UC Master Food Preserver helped me become healthy after a heart attack. About three-quarters of the way into my certification training for the UCCE Master Food Preserver Program, I experienced a heart attack, which resulted in stent placements.
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4-H steer
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Supporting our Future Farmers and Ranchers

August 13, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
Like everything and everyone else in 2020, our local fairs are adapting to the changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Summer 2020: Ranching during a Pandemic

August 12, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
Can any of us remember a summer like this?! The work of ranching continues - irrigating pasture, checking livestock, preparing for calving or breeding season. And yet the COVID-19 pandemic casts a pall over everything we're doing.
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Students visiting the feedlot during a school field trip
DREC: Article

Cattle Nutrition Research at Desert REC Decreases Feed Costs for Producers

August 12, 2020
By Stacey Amparano
A stop at the feedlot to observe the cattle is always a highlight of the day for the over 8,000 visitors to Farm Smart each year through school field trips and field tours. Cattle has been the #1 commodity in Imperial County(IC) for over 60 years and IC is among the top 5 producers in California.
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DREC: Article

Purple is the New Orange

August 11, 2020
By Stacey Amparano
The UC Desert Research and Extension Center (REC) is located in Holtville, California-a city dubbed the Carrot Capital of the World.
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