SNAP-Ed Partners With Local Agencies to Make Impacts
Our Nutrition Educators work closely with community agencies to help residents improve eating patterns by making a healthy choice …
Health & Nutrition
Extension offers a wealth of educational programs that address public health issues, improve economic well-being, and help people make healthier, better-informed decisions. Programs range from local foods, food safety, and food preservation to gardening and environmental efforts.
Safe Plates Certified Food Protection Manager Program
There are an estimated 48 million cases for foodborne illness in the United States every year. Many of these …
March Is Living Well Month
The National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences declares March Living Well month. During this month Family and …
Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide for NC Cooperative Extension
In North Carolina, food insecurity affects 1.6 million people, or about 15.9 percent of the population (USDA 2017). Food …
The Affordability of MyPlate
The Affordability of MyPlate: An Analysis of SNAP Benefits and the Actual Cost of Eating According to the Dietary …
Cook Smart, Eat Smart
The Cook Smart, Eat Smart Cooking School will teach you how to prepare simple, healthy and delicious food for …
Steps to Health
NC State University’s SNAP-Ed Program is Steps to Health. Steps to Health provides nutrition and food resource management education …
Protect Your Home From Paranormal Activity During National Radon Month
Is your home possessed? Paranormal activity may be haunting your home without you realizing it. Radon larking in your …
Disaster Emergency Kit
Don’t get blown away when a disaster hits. Get your emergency kit …
NC Safe Plates for Food Service Managers
NC Safe Plates is a new Food Safety Manager Certification Course developed by NC State University and an alternative …
Keep Food Safe After a Power Outage
We are in the heart of hurricane season. Even though North Carolina has been spared from hurricanes over the …
Durham County Local Markets & Farms
Buying food local means buying food at the peak of freshness and nutritive value. Buying from local farmers and …
More in My Baskets Helps Residents Apply for Food & Nutrition Services
Have you found that it’s harder to make ends meet on a fixed income? Do you find yourself cutting …
Turkey Time Tips
It’s turkey time, that season of year when time seems like a perpetual sprint from fall to Thanksgiving to …
Color Me Healthy
Color Me Healthy is an innovative classroom program that uses color, music, and exploration of the senses to teach …
Attention Durham County Child Care Providers Working With 4 and 5 Year Olds
Color Me Healthy is an innovative program that uses color, music, and exploration of the senses to teach children …
Program Teaches Participants to Shop Smart
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This publication offers a list of companies and nurseries that carry goldenseal seeds or plants …
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This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses 4-H projects that …
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