Healthy youth, families, and communities blog
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Students and Families Cook Together: Virtual Family Cook Nights at Hapgood Elementary
The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE (CFHL,UCCE) program works with low-income schools, communities, and youth serving organizations in northern Santa Barbara County to provide nutrition education, food security, physical activity, and positive youth...
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Hunger and food insecurity is rising: COVID-19 taught us a lot about how to fix it
In the last 12 months, have you ever: worried that your food would run out before you got money to buy more? been unable to afford balanced meals? cut the size of your meals or skipped meals because there wasn't enough money for food? lost weight...
By Shannon Ad Klisch
Author - Area Director for UCCE in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties -
From Garden to Pantry to Plate: UCCE improves community health and wellness
This summer three UCCE programs including CalFresh Healthy Living, Master Food Preservers, and Master Gardeners collaborated with local libraries to teach nutrition, gardening, and food preservation skills to families through the Lompoc Library...
By Shannon Ad Klisch
Author - Area Director for UCCE in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties -
San Luis Obispo Celebrates Farmers Market Week Aug 6th-12th - Join Us!
Today several members of the CalFresh at Farmers Market Working Group attended the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors' meeting to accept the proclamation of August 6th -12th 2023 as SLO County Farmers Market Week. Supervisor...
By Shannon A Klisch
Author - Area Director for UCCE in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties -
4-H Student Nutrition Advisory Council Students Promote Healthy Living at Family Wellness Night
The 4-H Student Nutrition Advisory Council (SNAC) club at Rice Elementary returned to in-person meetings this year for the first time since March 2020. 4-H SNAC is a collaboration between UC Cooperative Extension programs...
By Shannon A Klisch
Author - Area Director for UCCE in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties