Nutrition & Health

In low-income communities, corner markets and convenience stores abound, but residents still buy most of their groceries at supermarkets. Unfortunately, larger grocery stores are also pushing shoppers in the direction of unhealthy food.

When Genoveva Islas was 12 years old, she was responsible for giving insulin injections to her diabetic tia, her aunt. Tia lost her toes, lost her leg, lost her life, Islas said. This is a very important fight.

Cover crops in avocados.

"If you were a bug, what would you be?" That sign greets visitors to the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. It's a good conservation starter. The Insect Pavilion showcases insect specimens and insects from the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis.

Consumers once asked Pat Crawford how to determine the amount of added sugar in foods if the labels only list total sugar.

If you read The Plant Journal today, you may have noticed the exciting research published on nematodes. And it has a University of California, Davis, connection.

DAVIS--Distinguished professor Bruce Hammock of the University of California, Davis, has received a $6 million, eight-year Outstanding Investigator federal grant for his innovative and visionary environmental health research.

The Issue Data from 2015-16 show that nearly 1 in 5 children (ages 6 to 19) in the United States are obese. When you ask a young child where food comes from, they usually answer, the store, and that is a problem.

With a buzz here and a buzz there, the 4th International Pollinator Conference, hosted by the University of California, Davis, is underway.

Cover crops in avocados.