Nutrition & Health

What do honey bee colonies do when a raging wildfire heads straight toward their hives (bee boxes)? No, the bees do not abscond with their queen and relocate, says Norman Gary, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis.

Years ago, I learned that what's good for the solar-powered butterflies is good for solar drying. On a hot morning last week, I looked out my window and saw a Monarch and two Swallowtails in the herb garden-the signs of a perfect day for drying outdoors in my solar oven.

If you also found a silver lining to staying/working at home this summer by planting and tending to your garden, did your wish for a bumper crop of tomatoes come true? What happens if your tomato plants are prolific producers?

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) director and cooperative extension specialist Lorrene Ritchie presented new information on the challenges faced by California families with young children that participate in the USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) during...

One of the best ways to improve our health is to eat more fruits and vegetables.

Honey bees just can't get enough of our tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. We plant three species of milkweed (the host plant for the monarchs), but both the monarchs and the honey bees gravitate toward A. curassavica, a non-native.

Some of the seeds from plants growing in your garden may be worth saving, but others are genetically incapable of producing satisfactory crops.

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) and affiliated researchers recently conducted research across the University of California (UC) to develop new survey questions to assess student homeless and housing insecurity.

In English. El hambre y la sed usualmente hacen que la gente compre bocadillos de las mquinas dispensadoras.

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) director and cooperative extension specialist Lorrene Ritchie commented on why school meals matter now more than ever as the United States is grappling with two major public health crises, the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism and inequities.