Stories

A Web site's visual presentation is important, but without abundant and good-quality content the site is like a library with empty shelves. When people turn to the Web, they typically are searching for accurate and clear information and, on many topics, UC Cooperative Extension can meet this need.

To help you provide quality content on your Web site, the ANR Communications Services Toolkit offers shared content on this page. You may freely use content found here on your ANR Web sites.

If you would like to suggest other shared content resources, please fill in the brief survey at the bottom of this page.

ANR content for SB3 websites

ANR writers are posting information in two blogs that may be used on any Site Builder 3 website. Food-related information—from farm to table— is posted two to three days a week on the Food Blog. Each post includes links to other ANR Web sites where readers can find more information. The Food Blog is statewide in scope and aims to be of interest to anyone who eats. (It is also available in Spanish as Blog de Alimentos. For more information on the Spanish version, see this page.)

ANR stories about natural resources, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy —everything "green"—is on the Green Blog. New posts are added at least once a week.

For more information about the Food Blog and Green Blog, contact Jeannette Warnert, (559) 646-6074, jewarnert@ucdavis.edu.

To add these content feeds (shown at right) to your Site Builder 3.0 website you must have admin rights and follow these steps:

Open the page where you would like the blog to appear.
Click "add asset."
Name the asset in the first field. You can call it "ANR blog" or give it another name for your website, if you wish.
Click the arrow to select the asset type from the dropdown menu. Select "blog."
In the next pane, the fourth option down is “blog.” Click the link to select Food Blog and/or the Green Blog. You will see many other blogs listed. If you would like to add another blog to your Web site, first contact the blog owner.

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Food Blog

Raising chickens at home is rewarding
Posted 5/17/2012 - Backyard chickens are pets with perks. Laying hens provide a steady supply of fresh, organic eggs; unusual breeds can satisfy birdwatchers' desire to observe an animal exploring its surroundings; and poultry manure is an excellent soil...

Unripe cantaloupe? Could be, the electronic nose knows
Posted 5/14/2012 - You know how it works: You stand in the grocery aisle, surreptitiously sniffing the cantaloupes, hoping your nose will lead you to a nice, ripe selection. But when you slice it open in your kitchen, it’s just not as ripe as you had hoped....

Healthalicous cooking
Posted 5/8/2012 - UC Agriculture and Natural Resources researchers and educators continue to fight increases in childhood obesity rates. Childhood obesity is linked to many lifelong health problems. If left unchecked these problems have the potential to reverse life...

Green Blog

Leaving crop residues in the field improves water use efficiency
Posted 5/23/2012 - Managing crop residues to essentially make them disappear has been the norm in California agriculture. But a growing body of research, and experience with conservation tillage on thousands of acres of Central Valley farmland, is showing that reducing...

When, where and how wood is used impacts carbons emissions
Posted 5/16/2012 - How wood is used after it is cleared from a forest and where that forest is located largely affects the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere, according to a new study by UC Davis. The study, published this week in the...

Wine and fish for dinner? Water management required
Posted 5/18/2012 - The competition between farmers and fish for precious water in California is intensifying in wine country, say biologists at the University of California, Berkeley. A recently published study links higher death rates for threatened juvenile steelhead...