CalFresh Healthy Living

As we continue our shelter-in-place practices, employees across the country are reporting that they are taking fewer breaks, spending more time in their chairs and in front of their screens, and experiencing an increase in competing work and family demands. Many of us are feeling Zoom exhaustion.

A student at Pinewood Elementary in Pollock Pines votes on how they liked donated grapes.

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

The CalFresh Healthy Living-UC program in the Central Sierra is currently offering the USDA nutrition education curriculum Serving Up MyPlate online to qualified school sites. This curriculum offers three sections for students in Grades 1-6.

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds and shelter at home orders impact every aspect of our daily life from school closures to increased unemployment, uncertain access to food is increasing for many Californians.

Growing up in a traditional Asian Indian household, home cooking was a part of the daily routine and a cultural practice. At the time, acquiring cooking knowledge and skills was an expectation and considered normal.

Happy Monday! It doesn't feel like Monday. Saturday felt' like Sunday and I woke up early this morning thinking how slow the weekend was going by. I don't recall having that concern before. Then I realized it was over problem solved. Yardwork was front and center over the weekend.

Understand your COVID-19 leave options As members of the UC ANR community continue to be impacted by stay-at-home orders, school closures and health concerns due to COVID-19, it is of great importance that we remind employees of their options when it comes to paid leave and workplace flexibility.

As Californians stay home to avoid the new coronavirus COVID-19, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources is working differently to continue delivering research-based information to Californians across the state.

Many of you have been asking for an update regarding our official telecommute and limited onsite operations timeframe.