Category: Health & Nutrition

New on Featured Creatures! Australian cockroach

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
April 8, 2015

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The Australian cockroach is one of several species of peridomestic cockroaches (cockroaches that live mostly outdoors, but ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Cockroach, Featured Creatures, Pest Alert

UF/IFAS, Immokalee officials are working together to get residents moving and eating healthy

by Ken Gioeli
April 3, 2015

IMMOKOLEE, Fla. --- Adelaida Rodriguez, 34, walked quickly along North 1st Street in Immokalee recently, keeping up with her three sons, ages 8, 6 and 4, as they rode their bikes to Ciclovia Immokalee!, what is becoming a monthly healthy living ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Nutrition, University Of Florida

Get off the Diet Rollercoaster and Embrace Health at Every Size

by Tennille Herron
April 1, 2015

By Jessica Berens, Dietetics Student, University of Florida Reviewed by Laura Acosta, MS, RD, CSSD, LD/N, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida Most of us have had those days: a day when we find ourselves ... READ MORE

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

Getting Prepared for the Canning Season

by Thomas Zapor
March 30, 2015

Get your pressure canner ready for the season.Photo by Les Harrison, Wakulla County In addition to planting your spring garden and reviewing the latest food safety materials, you should consider having your pressure canner ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Canning, Getting, Living Well In The Panhandle, Prepared, Season

Fun Food Faces

by Tennille Herron
March 25, 2015

Mothers learned creative ways to encourage their children to eat fruits and vegetables at a fun workshop with our Family & Consumer Sciences Agent III, Shelly Swenson! READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Children, Community, Educational, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, Family Nutrition Program, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FNP, Food, Fruit, FYCS, Health, Healthy, Kids, My Plate, Nutrition, Nutritional, Produce, Shelley Swenson, Vegetables, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Women

Farm to School Programs

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March 9, 2015

As the country becomes more health-conscious and concerned about eating habits, an increasing number of schools have embraced the farm to school movement. “Farm to school” refers to programs that encourage agriculture-related education—such ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Farm To School, School Lunch

High Blood Pressure

by Tennille Herron
February 23, 2015

February is American Heart Month Have you had your blood pressure taken lately? Research shows that about half of the adults that suffer hypertension have not been diagnosed. There are several risk factors for developing high blood pressure--learn ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: American Heart Month, Blood, Blood Pressure, Community, Diet, Educational, Extension, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Health, Healthy, Heart, Hypertension, Living Well In The Panhandle, Management, My Plate, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

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