Healthy Communities Blog

To plant the seed of healthful eating among youngsters, UC Cooperative Extension is giving away vegetable plants to Oakland families with school children.

"I love it when they say, You've taught me something new.' When Lisa Blecker hears these words from workshop participants, she says it is one of the greatest satisfactions in her role as a pesticide safety education coordinator with the UC Integrated Pest Management Program.

Find UC ANR community resources for the coronavirus crisis here. Theories abound as to what life will be like when we come out of our current predicament. And who can say? However, the focus for many is simply on dealing with the immediate.

Lindcove Research and Extension Center recently held a gala event to kick off its fundraising campaign Sweetening the Future of Lindcove.

Helping people attain financial security and healthy, active lives has been a career passion for Patti Wooten Swanson, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor for San Diego County.