UC CalFresh at the CA Ag in the Classroom Conference

Oct 2, 2018

UC CalFresh at the CA Ag in the Classroom Conference

Oct 2, 2018

The California Agriculture (Ag) in the Classroom Conference is held once a year to bring teachers and anyone interested together to learn about ag. This year, the conference is held in So Cal at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel – Marriott, in Palm Springs from September 27-29, 2018.  Ag teachers and supporters from all over the State attended. UC Cooperative Extension's UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program in Riverside County had an exhibit to showcase our nutrition and gardening curriculum “TWIGS”, Teams With Inter-Generational Support. According to Marilyn Johns, Cooperative Extension Advisor-Emerita and the author of this curriculum, TWIGS is designed to be community-based and to integrate schools, agencies and the community to focus on the positive development of children. Involving children in the development, planting, care of, harvesting, and consumption of a vegetable garden has great potential for positively impacting children's attitudes, preferences for, and consumption of vegetables. Over 40 teachers from as far north as Butte County to as far south as Imperial County, signed up for more information about the UC Cooperative Extension nutrition program and TWIGS curriculum. Thank you to the Riverside County Farm Bureau and the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom for this informative and inspiring conference!

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By Chutima Ganthavorn
Author - Cooperative Extension Advisor Emerita
By Michele Byrnes
Editor - Program Representative III