Category: Relationships & Family

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Agents of Discovery: Now Live! Play and Learn Outdoors


June 26, 2025

Calling all Special Agents! UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County in partnership with Sarasota County Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources is excited to launch our new interactive learning experience, Agents of Discovery! Agents of Discovery ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Conservation, Natural Resources, Relationships & Family
Tags: AgentsOfDiscovery, Health, Nature, Nature And Health, NatureAndHealth, Pgm_EcoNR
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Hurricane Season: Preparing The Inside of Your Home


May 22, 2025

Hurricane season is from June 1 to November 30, but storms can happen any time the weather conditions are right. Anticipating the arrival of a hurricane or any severe storm strikes fear and anxiety in the people in its path for a good reason. ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Management, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Hurricane, Hurricane Preparations, Hurricane Preparedness, Hurricanes, Ocextension
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En esta fecha dedicada a las madres, una especialista en nutrición de UF/IFAS ofrece una guía sobre cómo la lactancia materna beneficia a la madre y al bebé


May 7, 2025

Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS.  Tanto la Organización Mundial de la Salud como la Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría recomiendan alimentar exclusivamente con leche materna a los bebés durante ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS
Tags: Academia Estadounidense De Pediatría, Amamantar, Anticuerpos, Ask IFAS, Barreras Sociales Y Biológicas, Bebes, Beneficios, Dar De Mamar, Dar De Pecho, Departamento De Ciencias De Los Alimentos Y Nutrición Humana De UF/IFAS, Dia De La Madre, Diana Taff, Edis, Español, Galactagogos, Guias, Infantes, Inmune, Investigaciones, Lactante, Lecha Materna, Leche, Leche Materna, Madres, Mamá, Mamas, Microbioma Intestinal Infantil, Mother's Day, Organización Mundial De La Salud, Patogenos, Pecho, Posparto, Recuperacion, Salud, Spanish, Tasa De Lactancia, UF-IFAS

Breastfeeding provides health benefits to both babies and their mothers, according to new UF/IFAS guides


May 7, 2025

Both the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that infants exclusively breastfeed during their first six months of life, but only 24.9% in the United States do, according to Centers for Disease Control and ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family
Tags: American Academy Of Pediatrics, Baby, BRCA1, Breast Milk, Breastfeeding, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Diana Taft, Donate, Donation, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Formula, FSHN, Galactagogues, Health, Healthy, IFAS, Immunity, Infant, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Megan Winslow, Mother, Motherhood, Nursing, Nutrition, Pathogen, Pediatric, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Research, Sick, SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, World Health Organization

St. Lucie County Conducts Futures Forum – Community Needs Assessment


April 13, 2025

The purpose of this Community Needs Assessment. A community needs assessment is a vital process that helps identify a community's strengths, challenges, and unmet needs. We are gathering input from residents, organizations, and stakeholders, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: #4hOpportunityForAll, #H4HOutreach, #slc4h, Biological Control, Citrus, Coastal Shoreline Restoration, Conservation, Endangered Species, Extension, Financial Education, Florida Master Naturalist, FMNP, Hurricane, Invasive, Josey Keener, Money, Pesticide, St. Lucie County, STEM, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County, Water, Water Quality, Wildlife

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