Youth Development

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New study from Nutrition Policy Institute highlights more nutritious foods and beverages for children at child care sites participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program

April 13, 2020
By Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) researchers' latest study on the quality of beverages, meals and snacks served to young children in licensed child care settings in California suggests sites that participate in the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) are more likely to provide nutritio...
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Miss Honey Bee (Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program) waves at the crowd at the 2019 California Honey Festival, while a curious youngster wonders what this is all about. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: California Honey Festival

April 13, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: the annual California Honey Festival, which was scheduled May 2 in historic downtown Woodland. This year would have been the fourth annual. But, of course, and rightfully so, the cancellation is for our protection. It needed not to happen.
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Materials used, cutting the face sheild
From Soil to Science: Article

4-Hers 3D Print Face Shields to Help with Shortages

April 13, 2020
By Steven Worker
Golden Hills 4-H club volunteer project leader, Jemetha Cosgrove, and her two children, aged 12 and 7, repurposed their 3D printing equipment part of a 4-H AgTech project to make face shields to help in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Green stink bug egg cluster. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Virtual Easter Egg Hunt

April 8, 2020
For the last two years, UC IPM has shared an Easter egg photo quiz with insect and spider eggs and egg cases. In case you want to play again, this post is from our 2018 egg hunt and this post is our 2019 egg hunt.
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UC ANR offers practical information on food access and food safety, along with many other topics, at https://ucanr.edu/covid19communityresources. (Photo: USDA)
Healthy Communities Blog: Article

Help for Californians navigating life during the coronavirus crisis

April 6, 2020
By Mark A Bell
Find UC ANR community resources for the coronavirus crisis here. Theories abound as to what life will be like when we come out of our current predicament. And who can say? However, the focus for many is simply on dealing with the immediate.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Collaborative Nutrition Policy Institute study sheds light on challenges of increasing school lunch participation

April 3, 2020
By Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) and UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers published a new study in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) on the impact of a multi-component intervention to increase students' lunch participation in SFUSD public middle and high s...
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California 4-H Grown: Article

Can we count on you to be counted?

April 1, 2020
By Suzanne Morikawa
Every ten years, the United States Census is sent to every resident of our country in order to get an accurate count of our population. This data is utilized for several different purposes, and the California 4-H Civic Engagement Committee wants to remind you of the importance of this effort.
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Honey bees cluster on a frame at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Public Service Project Targeting Coronavirus Pandemic

March 31, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So many good-hearted people are trying to help others during the coronavirus pandemic. Take professional seamstress and aerobics instructor Teresa Hickman of Vacaville, Calif., who is devoting much of her time to sewing two-layer cotton face masks, now that her classes are on hiatus.
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