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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.
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 …
Plants Do That . . . Inside
“When plants are around, students are just smarter and pay more attention,” says Dr. Charles Hall, Ellison Chair, Texas A&M. This information …
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 …
Extension@YourService: Exercise Is for Every Body
Exercise is for everybody, not only for the fit. Unfortunately, because of the American obesity epidemic, many people associate …
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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
More Extension Programs at NC State University
Partnerships and Organizations
Publications
Recent Publications related to Health & Nutrition
Venison Donation Programs
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses venison donation programs …
5 days ago — Local Foods
4-H Chicken Donation: Embryology to Harvesting
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses 4-H projects that …
5 days ago — Local Foods
Home Composting with Earthworms
Worms can turn food scraps into a soil amendment called vermicompost — worm castings — …
2 weeks ago
Ginseng Disease Control - Phytophthora and Alternaria
Phytophthora leaf blight and root rot is a devastating disease which causes a leaf blight …
3/1/18 — Horticulture Information Leaflets
Barriers and Strategies to Connecting Urban Audiences to Wildlife and Nature: Results from a Multi-Method Research Project
This publication summarizes the findings of a research project aimed at understanding urban audiences, identifying …
2/28/18
Appendix H. Community Gardening Resources
This appendix is part of the Extension Gardener Handbook and gives users to the tools …
2/14/18
Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide for North Carolina Cooperative Extension
This publication provides information and success stories related to food banks, food pantries, food donation …
1/25/18 — Local Foods
Master Gardener Volunteers and Community / Home Gardens
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses using community and …
1/10/18 — Local Foods