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Larry Forero is north state’s new UC Cooperative Extension director
Livestock expert Larry Forero is the new director of University of California Cooperative Extension for Shasta and Trinity counties. He replaces Gary Nakamura, a forestry specialist who was director since 2007 and with UC for 27 years. Nakamura retired in June.
Ian’s Science Project on MSG (monosodium glutamate)

Capstone Food Guide Pyramid Book Set – Hardcover – Set of 8 Books $130.05 Feed your kids great information about nutrition! The simple writing in these books introduces the USDA-approved food guide pyramid to early and newly fluent readers. With vibrant, colorful photos of healthy food choices, these meaty books are a treat to the eye and a meal for the mind. Set of 8 hardcover books. Twenty-four pages per book. Grades K-1…

How to Become Smarter $0.99 This book describes techniques for improving mental abilities. Some of the things it can help you to achieve include the following: Depending on circumstances, use different lifestyles that improve one or another mental function.Experience euphoria without drugs and come up with new ideas, when needed.Slow down and prevent yourself from making rash, impulsive decisions, when necessary.Sharpen your…

What the World Eats $11.49 Book DescriptionEvery day, millions of families around the world gather–at the table or on the floor, in a house or outdoors–to eat together. Ever wondered what a typical meal is like on the other side of the world? Or next door? Cultural geographers Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio visited twenty-five families in twenty-one countries to create this fascinating look at what people around the wor…

Janice VanCleave’s Food and Nutrition for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun (Science for Every Kid Series) $4.31 How does milk help me grow? Where do vitamins come from? Do carrots really strengthen my eyesight? Find out these answers in Janice VanCleave s Food and Nutrition for Every Kid. Kids can learn about leavening agents by mixing baking soda with vinegar. They ll explore why different sweeteners vary in sweetness, how to use natural food dyes to dye a T-shirt, what the food pyramid is, and much more. …