FOCUSING ON PARENTING STYLES FOR BETTER CHILD OUTCOMES Converse, UF/IFAS Extension, Hillsborough County, Seffner, FL Situation: Parenting styles form the foundation of modern research concerning the parenting effect on child behavior, ... READ MORE
Category: Relationships & Family, Work & LifeLiving On My Own : Learning and Applying Financial Responsibility Through workshop and simulation Smith, N. Nelson, UF/IFAS Extension, Manatee County, FL. Situation: Manatee County high schools do not offer financial training classes ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Money MattersExtending Education into Food Deserts: Extension Goes Mobile with Vegetable Gardening Lisa Hickey, University of Florida IFAS, Manatee County Extension Urban Horticulture Agent Situation: When the Urban Horticulture Program noticed low ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, HorticultureJAY, Fla. – Come November, 800 pre-qualified families in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will line up to get free, healthy, locally-grown food for Thanksgiving dinner. For the sixth year, the University of Florida IFAS West Florida Research ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeThe dangers of old medications are there and must not be ignored. As some medications age, they can lose potency. Even worse, some can actually grow bacteria. “Once the expiration date has passed there is no guarantee that the medicine ... READ MORE
Category: Health & NutritionBy Shelley Swenson Extension Agent III Wakulla County FCS I felt some pride recently when a prominent Wakulla County citizen publicly admitted that he did not fear having adequate food during our power outage because his family preserves ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Work & Life
By: Sarah M. Ellis, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent at UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County Reviewed by: Randall A. Cantrell, PhD, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida A few weeks ago I attended ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Work & Life
Who: Florida residents are encouraged to prepare and eat a nutritious meal in the company of family, friends or coworkers in honor of Dine In Day, a national program facilitated by family and consumer science agents with the University of ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeUF/IFAS photo by Tyler Jones Who: Florida residents are encouraged to prepare and eat a nutritious meal in the company of family, friends or coworkers in honor of Dine In Day, a national program facilitated by family and consumer science ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeI’ve spent the past 25 years studying and growing fish. When folks find out I’m a fish head, I often get a lot of questions about the safety and sustainability of many seafood products. It seems that the media and other groups have done ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life