Youth Development

The Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)a U.S. federal regulation under the administration of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)limits the concentration of lead and copper allowed in utility-provided tap water.

Note from UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Bernardino County Master Gardener Management: We are so delighted to have Elizabeth McSwain as a newly graduated Master Gardener! Below is her own account of her love and inspiration for all things gardening' and her new Seeds of Joy' community garden in...

Since the Flint Water Crisisthe 2014 watershed moment for public health and drinking water safety in Flint, Michiganpublic concern over drinking water safety, especially for children, has only grown.

To improve access to fresh produce, more farmers markets need ability to process benefit cards Over the past year, farmers markets in Marin and Sonoma counties have seen an increase in the number of shoppers using CalFresh (known nationally as SNAP or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a...

As many school students resume in-person classes, some school districts are requesting students bring disinfectant wipes into school from home.

an plants help cool our urban heat islands and mitigate impacts of climate change in our inland cities? I've been interested in measuring the temperatures of living and non-living surfaces for some time.

For most of the 2020-2021 program year, 4-H projects have had no choice but to conduct meetings virtually due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In May, 4-H projects were permitted to hold in-person meetings at a limited capacity.

University of California researchers from multiple locationsBerkeley, Irvine, San Francisco, and the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)collaborated with researchers at Stanford University to investigate language concerning drinking water in school district wellness policies in a random sample of 240 C...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, families were becoming more food insecure than ever before and with stay at home orders, shopping for food and other items was becoming limited.

Congrats to the two "Jakes" from the laboratory of community ecologist Rachel Vannette, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. The two postdoctoral scholars, Jacob "Jake" Francis and Jacob "Jake" Cecala, have just received prestigious federal research fellowships.