Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 26)
Family and Consumer Sciences at Home Mary Morris, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Make Your Own Hot Sauce This time of year …
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.
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 25)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Easy and Healthy Banana Pancakes Do you often find that your bananas ripen too quickly …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 24)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Mentos and Soda Car (National 4-H at Home Activity Guide) When Mentos are mixed with …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 23)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Solar Oven S’mores In the following STEM activity, youth will learn how engineers harness the …
Where Are the Canning Jars? Is It 1975 All Over Again?
I hold cloudy memories of the 1970s. I remember that decade being aesthetically challenged, but what I most clearly …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 22)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Exploring Nature Scavenger Hunt What comes to mind when you think of being outside? Taking …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 21)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Do you have a hard time getting your kids to eat enough vegetables? The …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 20)
Family and Consumer Sciences at Home Mary Morris, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Keeping Safe, Still Very Important As COVID-19 cases have …
Chowan County Youth Participate in Virtual Jr. Chef's Cooking Camp
Chowan County 4-H hosted the first-ever virtual Jr. Chef’s Cooking Camp on July 21st – 24th. This camp is …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 19)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Watermelon Key Lime Slushies Watermelon is a very popular and refreshing snack during this time …
SNAP Benefits to Increase in Fiscal Year 2021
2020 has been a difficult year but in every tragedy, there is triumph. The USDA has decided to increase …
Introducing the Chatham Food Hub!
The Chatham Food Hub is a collaborative project between Chatham County, UNC, and NC State University partners. The Chatham …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 18)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Let’s Get Peachy July is peak peach season here in North Carolina. To find fresh …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 17)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent 10 Tips for Healthy Eating Learning about the nutrients that our foods contain allows us …
PICH Guidebook to Local Foods
Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) serves sixteen counties in northeastern North Carolina. Their goal is to improve access …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 16)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Grilled Berry S’mores It’s the time of year for families to enjoy weekend camping trips …
Local Food Demonstration Kit & Recipe Cards: A Local Food Resource for Agents and Beyond
The Local Food Preparation Workgroup of the Local Food Program Team has created a variety of local-food-focused recipe cards …
In the Cards
As unemployment surged in North Carolina this spring during the COVID-19 pandemic, so did the demand for food from …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 15)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Garden of Greatness With all of the events going on in our world today, it’s …
Home Insteading With Cooperative Extension (Week 14)
4-H at Home Camaryn Byrum, 4-H Agent Fizzy Foamy Fun Do you like conducting science experiments? Then this activity is for you! …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- 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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