San Joaquin

Welcome to our first post of the new San Joaquin County Master Food Preservers newsletter via blog.

Una encuesta en una escuela primaria localizada en el condado de San Joaqun, encontr un creciente inters por el tema de la nutricin entre las familias latinas.

Anyone anxious this week? And it's not over, yet. My Pollyanna voice says that while the country is divided, no one is on the short end of a landslide. Some important firsts' took place across the country (NY, DE, NM), too, suggesting changing times. An interesting week, indeed.

School meals are an essential source of nutritious food for many children, particularly low-income children, across the nation, whether schools are providing in-person, distance or hybrid education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you missed this year's California Rice VIRTUAL Field Day, you can view it here. California Rice Virtual Field Day The full recording can be viewed here.

Kristine Diekman is an artist, educator, and Professor of media at the California State University San Marcos School of Arts. Her digital media project, Run Dry, tells the story of the water crisis in California's San Joaquin Valley.

Are you ready to make the change to a more sustainable landscape? Do you want to: Save water? Save money on your water bill? Use less energy? Generate less greenwaste? Learn less toxic pest management strategies? Hear from local librarians about relevant books.

As both a Mindfulness Meditation teacher and a Master Gardener, I am sometimes asked if gardening is like meditation, and I always answer that it can be. Mindfulness is paying careful attention to the present moment in a kind and non-judgmental way.

Civic pride is a guiding principle of Stockton Beautiful, a local organization whose efforts have been focused on improving neighborhoods and public spaces for over 25 years.

"If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.