EFNEP Partners With Gaston County Food Pantry
Alyssa Smock, EFNEP educator, and Linda Minges, FCS agent of Gaston County, partnered together to provide healthy recipes and …
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.
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The Influence of 4-H and FFA on Community College Transfer Students’ Career Choices in Agriculture
My name is Gabby Whorley and I recently defended my thesis titled “Career Decision Making among Community College Transfer …
EFNEP Promotes Vegetables at Pender County Resource Fair
EFNEP Educator Cindy Rivenbark, Pender County, was invited to be a vendor at the Community Resource Fair hosted by …
Be a Hunger Hero: North Carolina Youth Institute
All high school youth are invited to join us for the 2023 North Carolina Youth Institute, a program that provides …
Growing Microgreens in the Ability Garden
As a Public Health student when it was time to find an internship, I jumped at the chance to …
Eat & Repeat: Kitchen Scrap Gardens
Are you eager to start planting your garden, but don’t have any seeds on hand? Look no further than …
Food Safety for the Win!
Lynnell Godfrey, youth EFNEP educator in Pasquotank County, prepared a recipe for her EFNEP groups at P.W. Moore Elementary …
South Central District Welcomes New Staff Members
We are delighted to welcome Margaret Kane and Barbara Woods to the South Central District. They both started on …
North Carolina Represented at National Conference
Last week, 10 EFNEP staff from North Carolina traveled to the National EFNEP Coordinator’s Conference: Power of the Past …
Watch Out for These (Arthropod) Spring Home Invaders
Note: This post was originally published March 2021, and updated March 2023 Insects and other arthropods are feeling the warm …
March Is National Nutrition Month®
March is National Nutrition Month®! The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) created this annual campaign 50 years ago …
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