Youth Development

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Household ingredients sometimes used in online pest control remedies including soaps, herbs, vinegar, and spices.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

The Dangers of Homemade Pest Control Remedies

May 10, 2021
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes, Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Instructions for making homemade mixtures to control pests are easy to find online and in social media, and it's tempting to make your own home remedy when pests invade.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI researchers present on challenges and opportunities for SNAP-Ed programs during the COVID-19 pandemic at 2021 National Health Outreach Conference

May 10, 2021
By Danielle Lee
USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) impacts the lives of participants through education as well as policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change initiatives at schools, early care and education facilities, food banks and pantries, and other community sites.
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UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts reads to her son, Griffin, born in April of 2020.
Bug Squad: Article

Happy 'World Robber Fly Day!'

April 30, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Do you know that today is "World Robber Fly Day?" "World Robber Day?" you ask. No, "World Robber Fly Day.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI researchers present at national 2021 Virtual Sugary Drink Summit

April 26, 2021
By Danielle Lee
Researchers at the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) presented at the 2021 Virtual Sugary Drink Summit, hosted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, on April 20-22.
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2 youth with headphones on 2 sides of laptop with 2 adults leaning in behind them
California 4-H Grown: Article

In Appreciation of our 4-H Volunteers

April 18, 2021
By Suzanne Morikawa
Dear 4-H Volunteer, It's been a year, hasn't it? One year ago in April, we were all thinking hard about our capacity to deliver 4-H programming virtually. For some, the ask was too much given the realities of everyone suddenly at home: working, schooling and managing all the things.
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