Youth Development

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.

The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programknown as SNAP nationally and CalFresh in Californiaprovides food benefits to over 22 million low-income families in the US to supplement their grocery budget.

En los condados de Los ngeles y Ventura entre las siete cuarentenas de la mosca de la fruta en todo el estado Los residentes de varios condados del sur y norte de California no deben sacar frutas y verduras cultivadas en casa de sus propiedades, esto para ayudar a contener varias especies de moscas...

El artculo, "Asociaciones entre los cambios en los comportamientos de adquisicin de alimentos, la ingesta diettica y el peso corporal durante la pandemia de COVID-19 entre los padres de bajos ingresos en California" se public recientemente en la revista Nutrients.

What Is a Social Determinant of Health? Social determinants of health (SDOH), according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, include "...