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Summer Food Safety Tips

by John Wells
August 10, 2015

7 Super Summer Food Safety Tips from Fight BAC! Summer's warm weather may be ideal for outdoor eating, but it also provides a perfect environment for harmful pathogens in food to multiply rapidly! Fight BAC! ® and reduce risk of food poisoning ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Bacteria, Children, Clean, Diet, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, FDA Concerns, Fight Bac, Food, Food Borne Illness, Food Poinsoning, Food Safety, Health, Illness, Nutrition, Safe, Safety, Shelley Swenson, Stomach, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Women

Healthy Eating: Calcium

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 24, 2014

Shelley Swenson is your local Extension Agent III UF/IFAS Wakulla, Consumer Sciences Agent Calcium is a major mineral found in your bones and teeth. Often, we do not get enough in our diet. As we get older, we are at risk for the bone ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Calcium, Children, Community, Cooking, Diet, Educational, Extension, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FDA Concerns, Food, Food Safety, Gluten Free, Health, Healthy, My Plate, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Sustainability Community, Uncategorized, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

Cholesterol

by John Wells
January 11, 2013

Brought to you by Shelley Swenson Wakulla County Extension FCS/EFNEP Agent What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a fat-like material in your blood. Your body makes its own cholesterol. When you eat foods that have lots of fat or cholesterol, ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Cholesterol, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FDA, FDA Concerns, FYCS, Health, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Women's Health

Holiday Season Food Safety

by John Wells
December 6, 2012

Resist Temptation: Don't Eat Raw Dough! As gooey and delicious as it might look, eating raw cookie dough could make you very sick. When handling raw cookie dough, keep these safety tips in mind: (more…) READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Community, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FDA, FDA Concerns, Food, Food Safety, FYCS, Health, Healthy, Holiday, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

Holiday Food Safety

by John Wells
November 20, 2012

Brought to you by Shelley Swenson FCS/EFNEP Agent II Wakulla County Extension   Limits to Leftovers Having leftover turkey and other dishes means you can have additional tasty meals after your feast. But there are limits on how long you ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FDA Concerns, Food, Food Safety, FYCS, Health, Holiday, Shelley Swenson, Thanksgiving, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

UF/IFAS Specialist Weigh In On Lean, Finely-Textured Beef (Pink Slime)

by John Wells
August 29, 2012

Shelley Swenson Family and Consumer Sciences/ Expanded Food and Nutrition Program UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Meat Science Specialists felt that they should respond to the controversial Pink Slim issue that surfaced several months ago ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Educational, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FDA Concerns, Food Safety, Health, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla County Extension

Rethink Your Drink

by John Wells
June 12, 2012

By Shelley Swenson Family and Consumer Sciences/ Expanded Food and Nutrition Program UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension When it comes to weight loss, there’s no lack of diets promising fast results. There are low-carb diets, high-carb diets, ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Calories, Diet, Diet Soda, Drinks, Educational, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, FDA Concerns, My Plate, Nutrition, Read Nutrition Label, Shelley Swenson, Sugary Sodas, Wakulla, Water

Family Nutrition In Action – June 2012

by John Wells
May 21, 2012

Courtesy of Shelley Swenson Family and Consumer Sciences/ Expanded Food and Nutrition Program UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Do you know if you get enough calcium from the foods you eat? Calcium is one of the most important nutrients that ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family
Tags: Calcium, Diet, Educational, Extension, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, FDA Concerns, My Plate, Nutrition, Nutrition Requirements, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Pink Slime: University of Florida’s Dr. Carr Responds

by John Wells
April 19, 2012

Courtesy of Shelley Swenson UF/IFAS Wakulla Extension Family and Consumer Sciences, Agent II   There has been so much publicity lately about pink slime and its use by manufacturers in hamburger. Dr. Chad Carr, Assistant Professor in ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Cooking, Eating, Educational, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, FDA Concerns, Meats, Pink Slime, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Green Scene: FDA Continues to Study Bisphenol A

by John Wells
April 3, 2012

By Shelley Swenson Family and Consumer Sciences/Expanded Food and Nutrition Program UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Several months ago I wrote an article about some of the safety concerns expressed by many on the use of Bisphenol A (BPA). ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Bisphenol A, Educational, Environment, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, FDA, FDA Concerns, Green Living, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla Extension