Category: Work & Life

Q and A: Understanding Florida’s Cottage Food Law

by Jennifer Hagen
February 2, 2018

What is a Cottage Food? A cottage food product is a non-potentially hazardous food product produced in an unlicensed home kitchen. A person who produces a cottage food product is a Cottage Food Operator. Does a Cottage Food Operator require ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Food Safety, Work & Life
Tags: Business License, Business Tax Account, Cottage Food, Cottage Food Operator, Family And Consumer Sciences, Farmer's Market, Food Product, Home Business, Home Kitchen, Jennifer Hagen, Lee County

Want your food to taste better? Use a thermometer

by Samantha Murray
February 2, 2018

Have you ever been frustrated that you prepared a home cooked meal and everyone complained that the meat was tough? The answer can be as simple as using a thermometer to cook to the right temperature. Why Use a Food Thermometer? I’ve become ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Work & Life
Tags: Dinner, Food, Food Safety, Healthy, Meat, Tasty, Thermometer

Be Financial Savvy!

by Samantha Murray
February 1, 2018

Now that the holidays are over, people seem to be tightening up their financial belts. Family, friends and participants are implying that they overextended their financial situation due to overbuying for either the holidays or for a special ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters

Your Heart Will Thank You

by Wendy Wood
February 1, 2018

It’s time to celebrate your heart! Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer in the United States for both women and men? 1 out of every 3 deaths are caused by heart disease (2017). So how do you know if you are at risk? While some ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Health, Healthy Lifestyle, Heart, Wendylynch, Wendywlynch

Wildlife and Invasive Species Education (WISE) May 23-25, 2018

by Jim Davis
February 1, 2018

UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County and Hernando County Extension is proud to hold the second Wildlife and Invasive Species Education workshop through May 23-25, 2018. The location will be at the Sumter County Fairgrounds, 7620 SR 471 Bushnell, ... READ MORE

Category: Work & Life

Collier County Extension Building Takes a Hurricane Hit

by Twyla Leigh
February 1, 2018

Hurricane Irma roared through Collier County taking roofs, screens, signs, trees, foliage, electricity and cell phone service. The UF IFAS Extension Collier County building was hit hard. The metal roof was ripped off, the ceiling collapsed ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Events, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Collier County, Hurricane Irma, New Extension Location, Twyla Leigh

Sumter County 4-H is Beginning the New Year with a Healthy Start!

by Kalan Taylor
February 1, 2018

According to the American Heart Association, approximately one in three children and teens are overweight/obese. Childhood obesity is now the number one health concern among parents in the United States. Among American children ages 2-19, the ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Health & Nutrition
Tags: 4-H Healthy Living, 4th H For Health, Sumter County 4-H

Palm Reading- Identifying and preventing the spread of the first confirmed case of lethal TPPD in Seminole County

by Hannah Eason
January 31, 2018

Scouting Palm Issues Palms trees are the icons of the Florida landscape. With eleven beautiful palms native to Florida’s subtropical climate, it is easy to see why people brought many palms from around the world here to thrive. Though palms ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Continuing Education, Horticulture, Landscape, Palm, Palm Decline, Palms, Sylvester Palm, Texas Phoenix Palm Decline

4-H Council Using Grant to Clean Up the County

by cwoodard
January 31, 2018

4-H is a youth education program which provides youth ages 5-18 the opportunity to learn life skills while exploring projects such as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), leadership, healthy living, and citizenship/leadership. ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Community Volunteers, Invasive Species
Tags: 4-H, Youth Development

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