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The Comforts of Home: Making Healthier Snack Choices When Cheering for Your Favorite Team

Football fans everywhere are excited that football season has begun. Nothing compares to watching your favorite team play up close and personal on the field, however, for most fans, we see the action…

Coconut Reigns Supreme as the International Fruit of Spring

Coconut is a food staple in Africa and the Caribbean. Either the water, milk or it’s flesh is cooked in everything from candies to greens, beans, peas, and fish. Enslaved people brought their…

Four Hour Credit Radon Training for Realtors

N.C. Cooperative Extension-Richmond County Center is hosting a 4-hour elective course for licensed North Carolina real estate brokers on April 26,2023. The time is from 8:00AM-12:00PM. The course…

Red loppers and leather gloves beside a bundle of cut branches on dry grass

Forcing Blooms for a Winter Pick-Me-Up

The winter landscape can be beautiful, but if you are like me, you are ready for some spring color. We are still several weeks away from spring and seeing color outside. However, that doesn’t mean we…

Richmond County Beekeepers Host Annual School March 16, 2024

The Richmond County Beekeepers will host a Beekeeping School Saturday, March 16, from 9 am - 3 pm. This workshop will cover basic information on what it takes to get started beekeeping, including…

The Health Benefits of Cooking With Oranges

During the winter months we think about increasing our intake of vitamin C to boost our immune system. Oranges are a great source of vitamin C. This fruit also contains pectin, which has shown to…

Making the Case for Physical Activity Among Older Adults

There is evidence to support the fact that changes in muscle, bone, and fat that we have previously considered to be a part of “normal aging” are now identified as changes resulting from an energy…

The Benefits of Incorporating Calcium Rich Foods Into Your Diet in 2024

We learn from a very young age that calcium is very important for strong teeth and bones but we never hear about the role calcium plays in helping our bodies to function in other vital areas.Calcium…

Winter Considerations for Houseplants

Even with the protection of being indoors, houseplants face some winter stresses. Because of this, winter is a common time to see a decline in indoor plants. Here are some things to consider this…

Breezing Through the Holiday Season

The holidays are here and that means lots of good food and fellowship. The holiday season can also be hectic, now’s the time to devise strategies to stay stress free, debt free, hydrated, physically…