Tag: FCS

2025 JAMAS! Learning Never Tasted So Good!

by Jessica M. Ryals and Trisha Aldridge

September 26, 2025

Florida’s citrus industry has faced serious and compounding challenges in recent years. Diseases like citrus greening (HLB), hurricanes, flooding, freezes, and competition from overseas markets have resulted in citrus trees and the citrus ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Events, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Doug Caldwell, FCS, JAMAS, SWFL, Tropical Fruit, UF/IFAS Extension Collier County

Introducing the Sarasota County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent

by Amber Daniels
September 24, 2025

We are excited to welcome Amber Daniels as the new FCS Extension Agent in Sarasota County. Amber joins us after over a decade of career experience in food assistance programming, nutrition education, public health, health coaching, and weight ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Amber Daniels, Family And Consumer Sciences, FCS, Health, Nutrition, Pgm_FCS

Soup Season Kick Off!

by Ebony Griffin
September 18, 2025

Hi there, Alachua County! I’m excited to introduce myself as your new Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Agent, serving ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cooking Demo, Ebony Griffin, Fall Season, FCS, Free Sample, Healthy Eating, UF/IFAS Extension

How Smoking Hurts Your Spine: What You Need to Know About Back Pain and Tobacco Use

by ryanbjelke
May 29, 2025

Introduction If you smoke and suffer from back pain, the two might be more connected than you think. Smoking is widely known to harm your lungs and heart, but it also damages your spine. New research shows that tobacco use increases the risk ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Back Pain, FCS, Putnam County, Smoking, Tobacco Free Florida

Are Bathmats Worse Than Toilet Seats?

by Katherine Allen
April 10, 2025

When is the last time you washed the bathroom mat? According to a British study in the March issue of Cleaning Matters, a publication for the professional cleaning industry, only 1 in 4 wash their bathmat at least once a week. The study ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Bacteria, Bathmats, Bathroom, Cleaning, FCS, Suwannee County Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee County

UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County – Solutions for Your Life

by Marguerite Beckford
April 2, 2025

Lifelong Learning... UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County supports lifelong learning through its community education programs in the following areas: 4-H Positive Youth Development Agriculture and Natural Resources Health and Wellness, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: 4-H, Cooking Demonstration, FCS, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Health And Wellness, Landscaping

Safe School Supplies

by Katherine Allen
August 13, 2024

The start of school is here! If you can pair sales with the sales tax holiday, it is a great time to stock up on school supplies that kids will need throughout the school year. Markers, pens, paints, and paper are tools for drawing and painting. ... READ MORE

Category: Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Back To School, FCS, School Supplies, Suwannee County Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee County

Don’t Eat the Frozen Peas (unless they were cooked first!)

by Katherine Allen
September 26, 2023

I grew up in restaurants, I love to cook, and I teach commercial food safety. On a recent webinar explaining the most current food code updates, I learned that frozen foods are not created equally. Did you know that if a commercially prepared ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: FCS, Food Safety, Frozen Foods, Suwannee County Extension, Topic Tuesday, UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee County

ALL THINGS HOUSING IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.

by nladd
April 16, 2023

2023 Central District All Faculty Symposium - Family and Consumer Sciences L. Hamilton, UF/IFAS Extension Volusia County, Deland, FL, J. Rodriguez, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County, Orlando, FL, J. Anderson, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County, ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 2023, 2023 Central District All Faculty Symposium, Central District Symposium, Extension, Family And Consumer Sciences, FCS, Flagler County, G. Benitez, Giovanna Benitez, H. Ayers, Hernando County, Hillary Ayers, Housing, IFAS, Ifas Extension, J. Anderson, J. Gomez, J. Rodriguez, Jana Anderson, Jenny Rodriguez, Johanna Gomez, L. Duncan, L. Hamilton, Lisa Hamilton, LuAnn Duncan, M. Thomas, Marion County, Melanie Thomas, Orange County, Osceola County, S. Taylor, Scott Taylor, St. John's County, Sumter County, UF/IFAS Extension Volusia County, Volusia County, W. Lynch, Wendy Lynch

Ready, Set, Let’s Preserve

by sdeary
July 19, 2022

According to the USDA 40 to 50% of fruits and vegetables bought by consumers are wasted more often and in greater quantities than dry foods. Several reasons are because fruits and vegetables require refrigeration once harvested and have a shorter ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: Canning, FCS, Food Preservation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water Bath

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