Youth Development

If you walk into the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, you might see UC Davis student Ivana Trinh Satre entering moth data on the LepNet database. It's a database but she also has a fan base.

Despite increasing awareness of the issue of lead in drinking water, UC Nutrition Policy Institute and Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that many students in the U.S.

"Where can kids learn beekeeping for free?" someone asked us last week. One of the ways is through the 4-H Youth Development Program. Who can join 4-H, which stands for head, heart, health and hands and which follows the motto, "making the best better?" It's open to all youths ages 5 to 19.

The affordability of healthy food is often cited as a barrier to low-income families eating nutritious meals.

The Southern Youth Summit (SYS) is sponsored by the state 4-H and the theme this year was Bee the Change. I have been to SYS for two years and it is a wonderful experience where I have learned leadership skills and met other 4-H youth leaders.

Want to learn how to keep bees? The University of California, Davis, is offering two classes in mid-March: the first on Saturday, March 23 and the second on Sunday, March 24.

The "Seven Wonders of the World" have nothing on the "Eight-Legged Wonders" that will be at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 9. It's all about spiders and other arachnids.

The University of California 4-H Youth Development Program has published a new strategic plan designed to increase its impact. The mission of the UC 4-H Youth Development Program engages youth in reaching their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development.

When you're 5 years old, the world is full of wonders. Especially when your mother takes you to the Bohart Museum of Entomology to see the butterfly specimens.

On February 23, I went to the State Avian Bowl Qualifier in Fresno with my team to represent Ventura County. Our team name was the Bird Nerds. Our team included Scarlet James, our Captain, Olivia Willoughby, and myself, Sammy Belik.