Delicious Meatless Cooking
Are you working toward a healthy vegetarian diet? Or do you love to include “Meatless Mondays” into your rotation …
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.
Cooking With Herbs & Spices
Having the knowledge to be creative in the kitchen is not only fun but it empowers you to prepare …
A Healthy Start to the New School Year
It’s time to start back to school and start packing lunches again. Does just the sound of that make …
International Cooking Series
Take your cooking to the next level! A great way to spice up your cooking is to take it international. …
Master the Basics of Cooking With Our Back to the Basics Series
Cooking is an art form and once you master the basics the kitchen can be your canvas. Beginners to …
2018 Home Canning Series
*Canceled- Due to Hurricane* N.C. Cooperative Extension is holding a series of home canning classes from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. …
4-H Culinary Academy Registration Now Open
Camden County, N.C. – Registration for 4-H Culinary Academy, August 7th- 9th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., is …
Don’t Get Burned, Freeze Your Produce With Finesse
Summer is upon us and many may be wondering what to do with the bountiful harvest of homegrown produce …
Extension Master Food Volunteer Program Is Now Accepting Applications for 2018
Do you enjoy learning new and exciting ways to cook? Are you always sharing recipes with your friends or …
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Information Portals
- Family and Consumer Sciences Program
- Food Safety
- Local Food
- NC Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
- NC Fresh Produce Safety
- Steps to Health: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
- Therapeutic Horticulture
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This factsheet summarizes the benefits of fruit and vegetable gardening with children. It includes age-appropriate …
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Snacking and Cooking With Cool-Season Produce From Childcare Production Gardens
This publication includes simple recipes that childcare center cooks and educators can use to engage …
When the Power Is Out - When to Save Refrigerated Food and When to Throw It Out
This factsheet offers information on which refrigerated foods to discard when the power is out …
10/10/18 — Disaster Recovery
4-H Chicken Donation: Embryology to Harvesting
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses 4-H projects that …
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A Housing Safety Checklist for Older People
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8/24/18
Care and Planting of Ginseng Seed and Roots
This factsheet covers propagating (by seed and by transplant) ginseng, which requires a period of …
8/24/18 — Horticulture Information Leaflets
Direct to Food Bank and Food Pantry Donations
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses food donations given …
7/20/18 — Local Foods
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