CalFresh Healthy Living

Event

Lompoc Library Children's Gardening Series

Jul 25 2025

FRUITY BEAUTY & BLIND TASTE TESTJoin Santa Barbara County Master Food Preservers and Master Gardeners with CalFresh Healthy Living UC at the Lompoc Library for a fun event for children. There will be:Story TimeGarden LessonCraft ProjectFood DemonstrationSee you there!! 
View Event
Event

Lompoc Library Children's Gardening Series

Jul 11 2025

BALLOON HOT POTATOJoin Santa Barbara County Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers with CalFresh Healthy Living UC for a fun children's event with:Story TimeGarden LessonCraft ProjectFood DemonstrationSee you there!!  
View Event
Event

Lompoc Library Children's Gardening Series

Jun 20 2025

PAPER TOWEL GARDENING!!Join the Santa Barbara Master Gardeners & Master Food Preservers with Cal Fresh Healthy Living UC at the Lompoc Library for an engaging Children's event with:Story TimeGarden LessonCraft ProjectFood DemonstrationRegistration opens June 13, 2025https://www.cityoflompoc.com/Home…
View Event
students listening to a teacher
Article

Growing Healthy Communities Together

June 26, 2025
By Kristian M Salgado-Jacobo
What happens when nutrition experts team up with gardening pros? Communities across California get healthier, one garden at a time.The partnership between CalFresh Healthy Living, UC, and the UC Master Gardener Program combines the best of both programs under UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. The UC…
View Article
stencils
Article

Making Nutrition Education Fun with Playground Stencils

June 23, 2025
By Andrew Miller
 In communities across Alameda County, something powerful is growing—not just in school gardens, but in classrooms, cafeterias, and playgrounds. At the heart of it all is CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE (CFHL, UCCE), a program that helps children and families lead healthier lives through hands-on…
View Article
Calfresh Healthy Living, UC Cooperative Extension educators stand next to partners at St. Mary's Community Services in front of the family lodge in Stockton
Article

Budgeting course provides ‘head start’ for people in transitional housing

April 7, 2025
By Michael Hsu
St. Mary’s – a community-based organization in Stockton that provides essential services, social services, health services, and emergency shelter and housing services – started offering the basic money-management class in January 2024. It's the result of a partnership with University of California…
View Article
Collection

Shop Smart, Eat Well

A quarterly newsletter for CalFresh recipients and anyone interested in stretching their food dollars while maintaining a healthy diet. (English and Spanish)
View Collection
Subscribe to CalFresh Healthy Living