Posts Tagged: nutrition

Can less water grow better berries?

It might be pouring rain today, but soon enough California will be dry again. As demand for water for a growing urban population and for environmental restoration increases, farmers throughout the state are working to grow crops using as little water as...

New reason to give thanks for the sweet potato

What if you could significantly improve the nutritional quality of your diet, just by switching one of the vegetables you eat every day? In parts of Africa, some people are doing just that by switching from yellow or white sweet potatoes to...

Volunteer educators help spread UC nutrition knowledge

Betsy Knapp, a former social worker, always knew that she loved helping people. But the experience of becoming a UC CalFresh Master Education Extender revealed her passion for nutrition education. The Master Education Extender Team (MEET) was designed...

Insects, like restaurant customers, shape their wild plant menu

Restaurant patrons with their varied food preferences play a huge role in determining which food items are included on the menu.  Now an international team of researchers, including a UC Davis plant scientist, is finding that plant-eating insects do...

Infusing nutrition education into an LA County vegetable garden initiative

Two weeks ago, my colleague wrote about LA County Cooperative Extension’s popular “Grow LA Victory Garden” initiative – Resources for beginning vegetable gardeners develop from LA initiative. This exciting initiative has achieved...

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