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News From Brunswick County Center

Safe Plates Food Safety Manager Certification Class September 2025

August 19, 2025

N.C. Cooperative Extension display at the Brunswick County Health and Wellness Fair

August 13, 2025

Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor's Porch Day

Sneaky Zucchini

August 6, 2025

A pressure cooker with a note on top about the pressure weight.

Pressure Canner Testing Available

July 31, 2025

Preserving food using a dehydrator in a test kitchen.

Prepare for Preserving Foods

July 30, 2025

Why Eat Plant-Based?

Plant-Based Eating

July 23, 2025

Dried green herbs on a cutting board.

Preserving Herbs

July 16, 2025

A man harvests basil from a raised bed.

Basil and Pesto

July 10, 2025

plastic and wooden cutting board

Cutting Boards that Make the Cut

July 2, 2025

1. Summer Camps

Building Leaders and Community: Highlights From This Year’s 4-H Summer Camps

June 30, 2025

Green bowl of quinoa salad with blueberries, almonds and celery on board labeled "NC Cooperative Extension"

Getting to Know Quinoa

June 25, 2025

people exercising in a pool

Beat the Heat with a Water Workout

June 18, 2025

rotten food in fridge

Power’s Out. What about the food?

June 11, 2025

Coin in the Freezer trick to check if power went out while you were away

Coin In the Cup: RISKY

June 4, 2025

from left to right: Savanna Sillings (Teen Court Program Assistant), Keona Warren (scholarship recipient) and Sam Davis (Teen Court Director)

Local Student Volunteer Awarded the Glenda Ansley Memorial Teen Court College Scholarship

May 30, 2025

Mrs. Angie Shares the Power of Vegetables Through Reading, Movement, and Cooking

May 28, 2025

Person holding two avocado halves over green cutting board with sliced avocado pieces.

Avocados From Florida

May 28, 2025

Lincoln Elementary students wearing their EFNEP draw-string bags after completing Eat Smart, Move More & Camp Cook Play

Local Educator Inspires Healthy Habits Through EFNEP’s Camp Cook Play Program

May 27, 2025

Jars of assorted fruit jams and marmalades with fresh berries and sliced citrus on wood

Get Ready to Preserve Food

May 21, 2025

Blossom end rot on maturing fruit.Brenda Kennedy | University of Kentucky

A Cautionary Tale on Vegetable Garden Fertilizing

May 20, 2025

Foliage SC Flasco CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Strobilanthes Auriculata Var. Dyeriana (Persian Shield)

May 16, 2025

pressure can with gauge

Got Pressure? Canner Gauge Testing

May 15, 2025

Kosteletzkya virginica bloom detail Debbie Roos

Kosteletzkya Pentacarpos (Coastal Mallow, Seashore Mallow)

May 15, 2025

Form Jim Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Brassica Oleracea (Ornamental Cabbage and Kale)

May 15, 2025

Flower with Monarch butterfly in the summer in Moore County Carol Bowman CC BY 2.0

Tithonia Rotundifolia (Mexican Sunflower)

May 14, 2025

Fruits; Rob Thurman; CC BY 2.0

Vaccinium for the Coastal Plain: 'Rabbiteye' and 'Southern Highbush'

May 14, 2025

Fruit close-up; Jim Robbins; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Ilex Vomitoria F. Pendula (Weeping Yaupon Holly)

May 14, 2025

Heuchera cultivars Andy Mabbett CC BY-SA 3.0

Heuchera (Coral Bells, Alumroot)

May 14, 2025

Chrysogonum repens; dogtooth77; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Chrysogonum Virginianum (Green and Gold)

May 14, 2025

Raw salmon steak with herbs and spices on table. Top view of fresh fish and seafood on kitchen counter.

Cook and Eat More Fish

May 14, 2025

Brain food concept with copy space in center. Various food ingredients for thought and chalkboard with Brain Food letters over dark background. Top view or flat lay

Fish for Your Brain

May 7, 2025

ReadyBrunswick

Upcoming Hurricane Meal Kit Programs

April 30, 2025

Ground pearl cysts and adult D. S. Reiland

The Type of Pearls No One Wants

April 28, 2025

A variety of nuts in wooden bowls. Healthy food.

Go Ahead, Eat More Nuts and Seeds

April 23, 2025

EFNEP Educator Angie Lawrence with Chef John LaTour group photo with 4-H Youth in Action

EFNEP Empowering Families to Reduce Sodium Intake

April 17, 2025

picture of a deconstructed salad

Avoid Boring Salads

April 16, 2025

Mason jar of milk or yogurt on hemp napkin on white wooden table with coconut aside

Coconut Products

April 9, 2025

Introduction to Home Cooking info flyer

Introduction to Home Cooking

March 31, 2025

Danny Thornton, Environmental Health Director at the Golden A Awards Ceremony. Thornton said The Golden A awards recognize the important hard work these food service workers are doing. He encouraged everyone to learn something new about their operation an

'Golden A' Awards

March 31, 2025

Yuccca-filamentosa; MMR; CC BY NC 2

Yucca Filamentosa (Curlyleaf Yucca)

March 27, 2025

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