Healthy Communities Blog

As the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic hit communities across the U.S. in mid-March 2020, the policy team at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' Nutrition Policy Institute received an urgent email from a longtime partner in the San Joaquin Valley.

A U.S. federal government shutdown can represent a minor inconvenience, a delay in paychecks, or for people living in some of the most difficult circumstances an extended period of hunger and anxiety.

Partnering for California The buzz or chirp of an incoming text message started some San Diego County residents on the path to a healthier diet during this past year.

Partnering for California The COVID-19 pandemic hit farmers hard. Supply chains were disrupted and even non-traditional agritourism revenue streams such as hay mazes and on-farm events had to be canceled due to shelter-in-place mandates.

Curious goats milled around the masked elementary school students who were raking out the livestock stalls.