Youth Development

The USDA granted states multiple operational waivers to continue to deliver the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) services during the COVID-19 pandemic and these waivers have enabled our ability to serve participants remotely.

Douglas Amaral is the new pomology, water and soils advisor in Kings and Tulare counties Douglas Amaral joined UCCE in Kings and Tulare counties as pomology, water and soils advisor on Oct. 1, 2020.

Update: Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Paq0ka3NIP0 COVID-19 vaccines--in addition to saliva tests and sewage tests--will be covered at the UC Davis COVID Symposium on Wednesday, Jan. 13.

(Note: UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal focuses his research on the biochemical and molecular basis of insect olfaction, or how insects perceive the world through the sense of smell. However, he is also heavily involved in public service.

The University of California, Davis' World Food Center will co-host the virtual student summit 2021 of Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH) alongside the University of California Global Food Initiative and the Nutrition Policy Institute, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natu...

A new study, Water Safety in California Public Schools Following Implementation of School Drinking Water Policies, published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease in December 2020, provides findings from an investigation of drinking water safety in a random sample of 240 California schools.

Call for Poster Abstracts for the Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit Has Been Extended to January 15, 2021 We hope you will submit a poster abstract to the 16th annual Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit, a virtual meeting that will be held on March 25-26, 2021.

Science Night is an evening of hands-on science activities for students and their families to do together. Science Night is an opportunity for parents to visit their children's schools to celebrate student learning.

Authors: Kate Evans, Washington State University, and Michael Coe, Cedar Lakes Research Group, LLC This blog is based on researched published in Crop Science Journal (https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csc2.

The UC Nutrition Policy Institute submitted comments to the USDA on December 27, 2020 in opposition of a proposed rule to return flavored milk to school cafeterias.