Healthy Communities Blog

A series of ANR publications have been developed for people who wish to engage Latinx youth and families in their programs.

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought disaster upon small businesses and the people and communities dependent upon them, with Fortune estimating over 100,000 businesses closing.

The recent series of unprovoked attacks against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country has left the staff, academics and leadership of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources shocked and horrified.

Lin Fraker graduated from the Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program in Tulare County after completing the four-week virtual curriculum, UCCE Connects 2U. Online classes were led by Mariana Lopez, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition educator.

As a child, Sandra Bonilla had a strong connection with the natural world, however, when she grew up and began introducing people of color from Southern California's poorest neighborhoods to local mountains and forests, she said they felt marginalized.