Tag: My Plate

Support Your Immune System with Vitamins and Minerals

by Beth Kerr
September 23, 2025

Don’t just take your vitamins, eat your vitamins! When deciding what to eat or drink, choose foods and beverages that are full of nutrients like vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, and zinc. Vitamins and minerals are natural components of a ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Covid-19, Disease, Family Safety, Food, Hamilton County, Minerals, My Plate, Nutrition, Special Topics, Vitamins, Wellness

Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Dine In Day December 3rd

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 21, 2022

December 3rd is FCS Dine In Day. This day is set aside for families to eat together. Last year, more than 100,000 people committed to preparing and eating a healthy meal together. This year we are planning to increase to 2000,000. Research ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth
Tags: 4-H, Archive, Health, Life Skills, Meal Preparation, Money, My Plate, Nutrition

Ms. Howard’s 5th grade class learns about My Plate

by Ralph Mitchell
January 24, 2022

My Plate Lesson Ms. Howard’s Class Jefferson Elementary School September 30, 2015 Recently, Shirley Bouie, Family & Consumer Sciences Jefferson County’s Extension Agent was invited to teach a class on “My Plate” to Ms. Howard’s ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, My Plate, Nutrition

Stirring Up Life Skills

by Lisa Krimsky
January 21, 2022

Cooking not only teaches youth about health and nutrition through meal preparation, but reemphasizes life skills and other core competencies. It is possible to overlook the core concepts that are applied during meal preparation because they ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, Core Concepts, Health, Life Sskills, Meal Preparation, My Plate, Nutrition

Food Donations that Make a Great Plate

by Lisa Krimsky
January 21, 2022

Food Donations That Make a Great Plate (click on this title to see the article) READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, Diary, Food Donations, Fruits, Grains, Health, My Plate, Protein, Vegetables

What’s in Season Now?

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 2, 2022

April showers bring May flowers--and your Fresh from Florida April Shopping List! Shelley Swenson is your local Family & Consumer Science Extension Agent III, UF/IFAS Wakulla County. READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Archive, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Fresh From Florida, Fruits, Health, Locally Grown, My Plate, Nutrition, Produce, Shelley Swenson, Vegetables, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Spice Things Up With Alternative Seasonings

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 2, 2022

By Samantha Kennedy , UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County With today’s continued focus on healthy eating and the dangers of high blood pressure, seasoning and cooking with salt has decreased. Alternative seasonings such as herbs and spices ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, Children, Community, Cooking, Educational, Extension, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, Food Safety, Foods, Health, Healthy, My Plate, Nutrition, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Women

Family Nutrition in Action: December 2013 Issue

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 2, 2022

IN THIS ISSUE: ♦ Check out ChooseMyPlate.gov ♦ Eat and Be Merry with Fruits and Veggies! ♦ Rethink your Drink ♦ Veggie Corner: Tomatoes ♦ Recipe: Mexican Salad Bowl READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, December, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, Fruits, FYCS, Health, Mexican Salad, My Plate, Newsletter, Nutrition, Salad, Shelley Swenson, Tomatoes, Vegetable, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

Family Nutrition in Action: Jan/ Feb 2014 Issue

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 2, 2022

IN THIS ISSUE: ♦ Check out ChooseMyPlate.gov ♦ Make 2014 a Healthy Year with MyPlate ♦ New Year's Resolution for the Whole Family ♦ The Corner Store: Brown Rice ♦ Recipe: Ham and Brown Rice Bowl READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, Brown Rice, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, February 2014, FYCS, Ham, Health, Healthy, January 2014, My Plate, MyPlate, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

Family Nutrition In Action

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February 2, 2022

IN THIS ISSUE: Lead Your Heart to Health Choose Dark Chocolate Veggie Corner: Cabbage Recipe: Simple Coleslaw READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Children's Health, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Food Safety, FYCS, Health, Healthy, My Plate, MyPlate, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Youth

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