Health & Nutrition
Extension offers a wealth of educational programs that help people make healthier, better-informed decisions and grow our economy. Programs cover a variety of areas from local foods and food safety to gardening and environmental efforts.
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Information Portals
- Family and Consumer Sciences Program
- Food Safety
- Local Food
- NC Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
- NC Fresh Produce Safety
- Steps to Health: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
- Therapeutic Horticulture
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Recent Publications related to Health & Nutrition
Let’s Talk About Risk: A Guide to Identifying, Assessing, Managing, and Communicating Risk
This publication outlines and describes core concepts of risk that are used in various environmental, …

Lactic Acid Fermentation
This factsheet describes the processes of creating fermented foods like yogurt, pickled vegetables, and sourdough …
Conectando NC: Manteniendonos Informados y Conectados Usando Nuestros Celulares (Connecting NC: Staying Informed and Connected Using Your Smartphone)
This publication provides information for farmworkers about how to use their smartphones to access emergency, …
A Housing Safety Checklist for Older People
This checklist describes household conditions that can be hazardous to the elderly and recommends ways …
Guide to Understanding and Addressing PFAS in our Communities
This FactSheet provides a guide to understanding and addressing PFAS in our communities, which may …
4-H Chicken Donation: Embryology to Harvesting
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses 4-H projects that …

Master Gardener Volunteers and Community / Home Gardens
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses using community and …