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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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Heart Health Awareness

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Warm Up with Winter Beverages

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Wear Red Day

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Set Short-Term Goals

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Food Safety During Power Outages

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Healthier Tomorrow

Eating a healthy diet and exercising often can help control or delay health issues associated with aging, like high …

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Be Prepared

During this time of year, we often have a lot of colder, in climate weather that we need to …

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Thanksgiving Planned-Overs

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Low Cost Holiday Meal Tips

With rising grocery store prices, we want to give you some suggestions to save money this year on your …

Freezer Meals

Preparing meals ahead of time and freezing them will save you some much time and headache on those busy …

Weekday Meal Planning

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Recent Publications related to Health & Nutrition

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Appendix H. Community Gardening Resources

This appendix is part of the Extension Gardener Handbook and gives users to the tools …

2/19/25

Garden Harvest Tracking Sheet

This document is part of Appendix H of the Extension Gardener Handbook and provides a …

2/19/25

Application for Community Gardening Assistance

This document is part of Appendix H of the Extension Gardener Handbook.

2/19/25

Community Garden Asset Inventory

This document is part of Appendix H of the Extension Gardener Handbook.

2/19/25

Tracking the Harvest: Measurement Guide for Counting or Weighing Vegetables

This measurement guide is part of Appendix H of the Extension Gardener Handbook and gives …

2/19/25

Instructions for Tracking the Garden Harvest

This document is part of appendix H of the Extension Gardener Handbook.

2/19/25

Asset-based Community Development: Mapping Reciprocal Partnerships—An Example

This document is part of appendix H of the Extension Gardener Handbook and gives a …

2/19/25

Asset-based Community Development: Mapping Reciprocal Partnerships—Blank

This document is part of appendix H of the Extension Gardener Handbook.

2/19/25