Healthy Communities Blog

CalFresh Healthy Living, UC Cooperative Extension partners in Los Angeles County with local organizations to deliver nutrition and wellness classes that are making a real difference in people’s lives.

After 27 years of planning and providing educational programs for youngsters, Marianne Bird, 4-H youth development advisor, retired from University of California Cooperative Extension in Sacramento County on July 1. 

 University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has awarded grants to four organizations for community-based media campaigns promoting equitable land access in Southern California. Each of the following organizations will receive $90,000 from UC ANR’s Climate Action and Land Equity…

Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty retires from UC ANR as ‘transformative leader’ of California 4-H, UCCE after 29 years.

Ritchie, who will retire as Nutrition Policy Institute director on July 1, has made extraordinary contributions in the study of a wide range of nutrition programs.