Healthy Eating

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Backyard Orchard
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Backyard Orchard

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Apr 25 2025

Presented by City of Fullerton SeniorsYearning for an orchard in your backyard?Learn from UC Master Gardeners of Orange County about the varieties of fruit trees suitable for backyard growing, and how to plant and care for them.Valuable information…ripe for the picking.Free, open to the publicNo Registration…
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Tomatoes
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There’s More To Life Than Tomatoes

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Apr 16 2025

“Wednesdays With A Master Gardener” SeriesFree, Open to the PublicWelcome to this series of presentations on residential horticulture for the gardening public. We will deliver topics of interest that are trending in Orange County plus breaking information on new garden pests.The series will be monthly on the…
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Funky Tea: Kombucha (online)

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Apr 17 2025

Join us to learn about how to make kombucha, a refreshing drink made from fermenting tea. We’ll teach you how to maintain a healthy SCOBY (a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) to make kombucha, and how to do a second fermentation flavored with various fruits.
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Vegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic Systems

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May 1 2025

Join UCCE Imperial County extension adviser's as they present theVegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic SystemsThis workshop will feature presentations on various aspects of agriculture in Southwest desert region including vegetable disease updates and management, emergent…
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Zesty Success: Cultivating Citrus in Containers in San Francisco

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Apr 13 2025

Zesty Success: Cultivating Citrus in Containers in San FranciscoDescription: Discover the joy of growing delicious citrus fruits right on your San Francisco balcony or deck! This presentation will focus on cultivating vibrant lemon, lime, kumquat, and select orange trees in containers, suited for our…
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NPI research brief examines state of School Meals for All

April 16th, 2025
By Brianna Aguayo Villalon, Christina E Hecht, Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie
A recent Nutrition Policy Institute research brief examines key findings from the implementation and impact of California’s School Meals for All program, which provides free meals to all public school students regardless of family income. The program has increased meal participation, reduced…
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Current state of processed and freshly prepared foods in school meals examined in new research brief

April 9th, 2025
By Brianna Aguayo Villalon, Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie, Wendi Gosliner
School meals are an essential source of nutrition for many children in the U.S. Given the widespread use of processed foods in the American diet, the role of these foods in school meals has raised concerns. Although studies consistently find that school meals are a healthier source of nutrition for U.S…
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