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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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Benefits of Exercise

Emotional Benefits of Exercise We all know that exercise is extremely beneficial to our physical health, but research has also …

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More Matters

Do you get the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables in your diet? Probably not because the Centers for …

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Why is Vitamin D important?

Getting recommended amounts of vitamin D and calcium from foods will help maintain healthy bones and prevent osteoporosis. Millions …

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Celebrate World Milk Day

World Milk Day is a day established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to recognize the …

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Hands-on Canning Classes

Interested in learning how to pressure can foods?? Here is a hands-on workshop for you. Food Preservation Classes N.C. Cooperative Extension, Orange …

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Canning & Air Fryer Recipe

The N.C. Cooperative Extension, Person/Granville, Caswell and Orange County Centers are also joining forces to offer two in-person, hands-on …

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Spring Break Fun Camp!

Please join us for day of fun during Granville County Public Schools Spring break! What: Healthy living workshop for youth …

Granville Small Farms Week Schedule 2023

Small Farms Week 2023

North Carolina Agriculture and Technical University (NC A&T) celebrates the 37th Annual Small Farms Week Celebration from March 27th-31st, …

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Take Control

The Eat Smart, Move More, Take Control curriculum is coming to Granville County this spring. The program is an …

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