Will cooking and nutrition education for college students increase food security?
Happy Thursday! On today’s menu: Cultivating a healthy lifestyle…A food, nutrition and basic skills program for students at UCSB is aimed at increasing food security. The University of California Santa Barbara …
Grocery chains leave food deserts barren, a call to improve soil health and more
Happy Monday! On today’s menu, in no particular order: AP Analysis: Grocery chains leave food deserts barren. In 2011, a group of major grocery retailers promised to help address the …
The UC Food Observer chooses some important stories for you to read each work day. On today’s menu: 1. Trade dispute. French farmers turn back trucks with foreign meat, …
Friday Wrap: 5/15/15 (it’s a palindrome!)
Happy palindrome week (plus)! From May 10th through May 19th, every day is a palindrome. This means that all the dates are symmetrical and read the same backward and forward. …
“Not eating edible weeds is food waste. On farms, these plants are watered and fertilized accidentally, picked deliberately, then composted or discarded. They volunteer in yards, in parks and public …
See no junk food…buy no junk food?
Per one study on food deserts, when compared to supermarkets, small grocery stores devote about three times as much shelf space to soda, chips, and candy as to fruits and …
An innovative program that treats childhood obesity by “prescribing” fruits and vegetables is having positive results in low-income communities with limited food access (these communities are sometimes called “food deserts”). …