By Stella Harbilas, APR, CPRC, marketing and communications coordinator for UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program, stellaharbilas@ufl.edu After nearly 30 years of providing vital nutrition education in communities in Florida, the ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
We are excited to welcome back Logan Brunson to our FSHN Research Journeys series, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at The University of Florida! During the first year of his ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
About this series Rising costs have brought on rising concerns. The ripple effects of the years-long COVID pandemic continue to surface in economies worldwide, from grocery shelves to gas pumps. In an ongoing effort to help people – ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Donna Sagan-Hortz is a nutrition educator in the UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program (FNP) and a certified food protection manager in Pinellas County, where she teaches residents how to prepare healthy meals on a budget. A trained ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition
Despite the challenges and disruptions of COVID-19, Florida's Family Nutrition Program (FNP) team still did an incredible job last year and reached nearly 740,000 Floridians through nutrition education and through interventions and efforts in ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeBy Lakisha Crumpler However your table looks this year, the UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program has five tips for a healthy and budget-friendly holiday meal. 1. Plan, plan, plan Planning is the key to success, and the first step ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
By Stella Harbilas Lynnette Jean has been named the new associate director for the UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program. She began her official duties July 10, 2020 “My focus in leading the Family Nutrition Program is on leveraging ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
The University of Florida/IFAS Pasco County Extension Office, located in Dade City, offers a large variety of free healthy lifestyle and eating classes of which you may not have heard. Some of the programming includes the Family Nutrition Program ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Money Matters, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionSweet Potato Harvest at Hilltop Landings Community Garden After 5 months in the ground, the sweet potatoes at Hilltop Landings Community Garden were finally big enough and ready to harvest. This past week the UF/IFAS Extension Pasco County ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS ExtensionThis summer, many summer camps in Pasco County will get to see the Family Nutrition Program teach the Organ Wise Guys, a youth curriculum that gives “character” to our body’s organs. One of the main concepts the kids will take away from ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life