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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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Cooking With Herbs & Spices

Visit any Farmers Market, grocery store, or other food market and you’re likely to see fresh herbs for sale. …

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Donation Stations at Farmers Markets

Donation Stations use a simple farmers market-based approach to procure donations for local hunger relief organizations while supporting local …

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Intermittent Fasting

If weight loss is a topic of interest, you may have heard about intermittent fasting as a strategy for …

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Healthy Eating on the Run

While we know that home-cooked meals using fresh whole foods are healthier and more economical than eating out, the …

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Small Fruit Plant Sale

Our annual 4-H Fundraiser is going on now through April 6, 2023. Order your Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Grape, and Muscadine …

2023 Logo for National Nutrition Month "Fuel for the Future".

2023 Theme for Nutrition Month

Fuel for the Future is the theme for National Nutrition Month. March has been designated as nutrition month since …

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Food Trends 2023

The International Food Information Council (IFIC) released its annual trend forecast for 2023 and the biggest topic of concern …

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Healthy New Year

At the beginning of a new year, we often find ourselves making resolutions hoping a new healthy habit sticks. …

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Sweet and Delicious Fall Foods

I often hear people say autumn is their favorite season of the year. The changing colors and cooler weather …

Recent Publications related to Health & Nutrition

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis L.)

This publication discusses growing and harvesting bloodroot, a spring wildflower used to produce natural red, …

Commercial Goldenseal Cultivation

This factsheet covers commercial goldenseal production in North Carolina, a highly valued medicinal herb which …

A Housing Safety Checklist for Older People

This checklist describes household conditions that can be hazardous to the elderly and recommends ways …

3/27/25

Eat Smart Move More North Carolina: Growing Communities Through Gardens

Gardens bring communities together. Not only are community gardens a good way to get more …

3/26/25
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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