Category: Food Safety

COVID-19 and UF/IFAS Extension

by Nick Place

March 15, 2020

Updated 03/15/20 As we continue to monitor COVID-19 in Florida, I wanted to take a moment to update our UF/IFAS Extension community about our current status, best practices and next steps. The personal health and safety of everyone in the ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Covid-19, Featured Hot Topic, Hot Topic

Are Your Hands Clean?

by Amy Mullins

October 24, 2017

It’s something we all hopefully learned as children and carry with us now into adulthood: washing our hands often and properly. But I’m sorry to say that we’ve probably all witnessed numerous instances of people leaving the restroom, ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety
Tags: Food Safety, Handwashing, Northwest, Panhandle-livingwell

Healthy, Must-Have Foods for Hurricane Season

by kshelnutt

October 6, 2016

By Rachel Savelle Reviewed by Karla Shelnutt, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida, and Gail Kaulwell, PhD, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida Whether you are new ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Disaster Preparedness, Family Resource Management, Nutrition And Food Systems

Avoiding E. coli Infection

May 11, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Amarat Simonne, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida I once spent a frigidly cold December afternoon watching my entranced toddler feed goats ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Work & Life
Tags: Food Safety, Health And Wellness

Protecting Your Family From Botulism

April 29, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Amarat Simonne, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida What do you know about botulism? Personally, just hearing the word makes me feel a bit nervous. ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Work & Life
Tags: Food Safety, Health And Wellness, Nutrition And Food Systems

Keeping Your Home Clean: Choosing a Sanitizer

February 26, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Amarat Simonne, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida I have two elementary-school-aged kids, and sometimes, especially in fall and winter, I start ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Food Safety, Health And Wellness

How Clean is Your Kitchen?

February 12, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Amarat Simonne, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida Absolutely nobody wants to get food poisoning! The last time I experienced something like this, ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Work & Life
Tags: Food Safety, Nutrition And Food Systems

Healthy Lunchbox Hints for Back-to-School

by Ricki McWilliams

August 18, 2014

By Ricki McWilliams, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent, University of Florida Extension, Walton County Reviewed by Agata Kowalewska, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida It’s time to ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Nutrition And Food Systems, Parenting

I Scream! You Scream! We All Scream for (Safe) Homemade Ice Cream!

by sellis

June 30, 2014

By Sarah Ellis, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent at UF/IFAS Citrus County Reviewed by Amy Simonne, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida Summer’s arrival brings back fond childhood memories of ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Work & Life
Tags: Food Safety, Ice Cream

Welcome to the new Family Album!

December 5, 2013

Welcome to the new Family Album! For ten years, Family Album Radio brought you lively, up-to-date, unbiased daily radio features about issues facing today’s families. University of Florida faculty from the Department of Family, Youth ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Disaster Preparation, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, Work & Life

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