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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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Try a Pomegranate

One bright red winter fruit that begins appearing in our stores this time of year is the pomegranate. California …

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Lemon Slices in Your Water?

Lemon slices in your water. What do you think —– risky or not? According to Dr. Don Schaffner and …

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Holiday Challenge 2022

Once again, North Carolina State University and N.C. Cooperative Extension are offering the Holiday Challenge. This is an online …

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Cranberry Salsa

Salsas add spice and intense flavors and colors to meals or snacks. Traditionally, we think of them as a …

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Doing Sushi Safely

“I don’t do sushi” was a response I got to a recent invitation to a meeting of our Extension …

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Celebrating Food Heroes

A couple of weeks ago I was pleased to take part in a celebration of Food Heroes here in …

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Podcast Addresses Allergen Labels

Regular readers of this column know that I frequently write about topics discussed on a food safety podcast called …

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EMFV's Taste Test Pesto

Our Extension Master Food Volunteers (EMFV) recently explored the different tastes of basil. The EMFVs partnered with the Extension …

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Reducing Peanut Allergies

I recently attended the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) annual week-long conference. This association is for …

FoodKeeper App

Food Safety…there’s an app for that, too. There’s a phone app for almost everything these days. It seems like …

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Hurricane Foods

So far, so good this hurricane season. I hope I’m not asking for bad luck by mentioning it, but …

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Hummus

Try hummus. The word hummus is Arabic for chickpeas and it’s believed to be one of the first prepared …

Sweet Spreads Workshop

We’re offering a hands-on Sweets Spread Workshop! If you’ve always wanted to learn to make sweet spreads, but just …

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