Cookout and Grilling Safety Tips
Everyone loves a good cookout! Everyone loves the taste of grilled food on a nice summer day, but everyone …
Health & Nutrition
Extension offers a wealth of educational programs that help people make healthier, better-informed decisions and grow our economy. Programs cover a variety of areas from local foods and food safety to gardening and environmental efforts.
Med Instead of Meds
Med Instead of Meds is a six-week nutrition series based on the Mediterranean style eating pattern. It incorporates the basics …
Three-Fruit Salad
Summer in North Carolina means hot weather and plenty of humidity. Give your oven a break and experiment with …
Dance Cardio Fitness
Are you ready to get moving while having fun? Our four-week, in-person, dance cardio class will be taught by an official …
Guilford County Pull-Up Challenge
Welcome to The Cooperative Extension Pull-Up Challenge! This is a challenge for everyone. This is a chance for you to …
Warm Weather Fitness
Written By FCS Intern: Tommy Hernandez Welcome to warm weather once again! As we leave the cold and chilly weather …
Canning Updates!!
It’s canning season and we have a few new things we want to introduce to the community that will …
Safe Plates Has Gone Virtual!
N.C. Cooperative Extension offers Safe Plates for Food Managers for all those who work in the foodservice industry. The …
Life Skills Camp 2021
We get it, adulting is hard! But we want to make it easier for you! Whether you’re a rising …
Advisory Members Are Volunteers Too: Eight Ways to Recognize Your Advisory Members for National Volunteer Week
Volunteers have always been the key to success for Cooperative Extension. From its inception more than 100 years ago, …
Share the Harvest 2021
Share the Harvest will begin its tenth (10th) year on May 24, 2021, and needs your help, now more …
Canning with Cooperative Extension
Canning is a safe, economical way to preserve quality food at home. Canning interrupts the normal spoiling and decaying …
The History of Tea
Written By FCS Intern: Kayla Adell Is Tea Worth the Hype? Tea dates all the way back to 2737 BC. Tea originated …
Cooking Up New Programs With Sarah Ware
Sarah Ware is the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent with N.C. Cooperative Extension in Jones and Onslow Counties. In …
Soups and Packet Meals - EMFV Demonstration
Soups and packet meals have four things in common: They are easy They are one-dish meals (easy clean up) They are very …
Living Well - The Basics
Written By FCS Intern: Kayla Adell Being able to live well and be healthy is something that we all want …
Motivation Monday
Health and wellness agent, Vincent Webb, is here to walk you though basic workout moves every Monday on Facebook. …
National Nutrition Month 2021
Written By FCS Intern: Tommy Hernandez Welcome to the Month of March! This month is National Nutrition Month! History You may be …
Kid Friendly Recipes - With Robin McNeill
Looking for something fun, healthy, and quick to cook with your kids? Check out these kid-friendly recipes from EFNEP …
American Heart Month: Let's Move!!
This is American Heart Month! There are a lot of things that affect the health of our hearts. Our …
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