Nutrition experts teach farmworker families about healthy eating
UCANR Adding green vegetables to quesadillas is a way to add nutrition to traditional staples. Experts are making sure families have the knowledge they need to buy and prepare food that will help prevent chronic diseases. The Farmworker Institute of Education and Leadership Development (FIELD), founded by Cesar Chavez in 1978, is dedicated to strengthening communities and the lives of farmworkers and immigrants in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. In Kern County, they are partnering with UC Cooperative Extension's CalFresh Healthy Living, UC program to ensu...