County Food Drive for Coronavirus Patients
Please consider donating non-perishable food items to Alamance County’s Environmental Health Food Pantry. The department has been delivering hot …
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.
Where Are the Canning Jars? Is It 1975 All Over Again?
I hold cloudy memories of the 1970s. I remember that decade being aesthetically challenged, but what I most clearly …
Think Green Thursday - Fall Vegetable Gardening
Did you miss this Think Green Thursday? Not to worry, we recorded it. Get your notepad and settle in …
Alamance Gardener - July 2020
When enough is too much, the damage shows up later. Read more about summer plant problems in this month’s …
Check Out 4-H Summer Programs!
This summer, we are hosting four upcoming summer programs for 4-H participants! All programs will be virtual. Take a …
How to Keep Active and Avoid Heat Exhaustion This Summer
Now that we’re in the heat of a typical North Carolina summer, being outside for extended periods of time …
Summer 2020 Food and Nutrition Courses
Know anyone who could use some help with basic cooking skills to make eating healthy easier? Need a refresher …
Alamance Gardener - May 2020
Spring is busting out all over! Tips for weed and mosquito wrangling and some not-so-scary murder hornet info in …
Celebrate Med Month with a Whole Grain Snack
May is “Med” Month, short for the Mediterranean Diet. Eating the Med Way includes a wide variety of fruits …
Alamance Extension Eats on YouTube
Join us LIVE each week on Thursday at 4 p.m. as we talk about different food topics in a …
Virtual Med Instead of Meds
Classes starting next week at NO COST to participants! Med Instead of Meds was created by a group of nutrition …
Alamance Gardener - April 2020
These may be interesting times, but there’s still plenty to do and learn while staying at home. Maybe get …
N.C. Cooperative Extension of Alamance County Is on YouTube!
You can now find the following videos on our N.C. Cooperative Extension of Alamance County YouTube Channel: *This is just a …
March FCS Newsletter: Food and Nutrition Programming Is Headed Online
What virtual food and nutrition programs do you want to see offered in the next several weeks? Take the …
2020 Think Green Thursdays Are Live!
Click the link to get the full schedule of 2020 classes that cover subjects ranging from pruning fruit trees …
Become an Alamance County Extension Master Food Volunteer!
What is the Extension Master Food Volunteer Program? Interest in food, cooking, and local food is at an all-time high. …
Med Instead of Meds Returns in October
Join us for an autumn edition of Med Instead of Meds! Med Instead of Meds was created by a group …
Alamance County 4-H Blood Drive
Help support our Community Service project this year by donating blood. Alamance County 4-H will be having our first …
Alamance Gardener August 2019
It’s time to make way for broccoli! Take a look through the August issue of the Alamance …
FCS March Newsletter
Three Cheers for Cabbage! Check out different recipe ideas for this under-rated vegetable and its relatives. Remember to scroll to …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- 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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