Youth Development

During the holiday season, the only creatures you want stirring in your home are your family, friends, and pets. But as temperatures drop, and the rain returns, some pests may seek shelter indoors with you.

Suzanne Rauzon, director of community health for the Nutrition Policy Institute, will retire in January 2024. Rauzon's University of California career began over twenty years ago when she joined the UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health, which joined NPI in 2015.

When Suzanne Rauzon and May Wang were in the master's of public health program at the University of California, Berkeley during the mid-1980s, Wang knew that her classmate had unique brilliance to bring to their field.

Lately, I've been experimenting with making jam the old fashioned way, which means a long cooking time and no added pectin. I'm finding that the fruit's flavor is much more concentrated and the jam has an extra layer of richness that I don't taste from jams made with added pectin.

For 40 years, the University of California Master Gardener Program of San Diego County has upheld its mission of providing research-based information about home horticulture and pest management to the public, while earning and sustaining the community's trust in doing so.

Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview 4-H youth member Myah who is also this year's 4-H club president for Ophir in Placer County. The following are Myah's responses to my questions.

In the last 12 months, have you ever: worried that your food would run out before you got money to buy more? been unable to afford balanced meals? cut the size of your meals or skipped meals because there wasn't enough money for food? lost weight because there wasn't enough money for food?

Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview 4-H youth member Wyatt who is also this year's 4-H club president for Penn Valley in Nevada County. The following are Wyatt's responses to my questions.

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers led a recent study published in the California Agriculture journal. During COVID-related school closures school meal consumption was associated with eating more fruits and vegetables.

Un informe de investigacin reciente del Instituto de Polticas de Nutricin arroja luz sobre las experiencias de los participantes recin inscritos en el Programa Especial de Nutricin Suplementaria para Mujeres, Bebs y Nios, comnmente conocido como WIC.