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Want to try a new recipe for Thanksgiving? Watch Extension's Produce Lady for roasted butternut squash w/ fruit: [more]
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Are you a plant killer? Watch this episode of "In the Garden with Bryce Lane" to learn to keep plants alive: [more]
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Avoid foodborne illness this holiday season by following these Extension tips from #NCSU and Kansas State Univ: [more]

Home & Family

The foundation of our society is the family. Many of Extension's programs provide families with research-based answers to their day-to-day challenges. Extension is ready with answers on controlling household insects, protecting well-water, managing a family budget, helping families improve their eating habits, or dealing with the special concerns related to early childhood, parenting, or aging.

To provide families with solutions they need to address the struggling economy, the NC State University Family and Consumer Sciences program faculty have created "Take Control," a series of fact sheets on a variety of topics related to the economy including tips on saving money, talking to children about the economy, shopping for healthy foods on a tight budget, avoiding home foreclosure and many other timely topics.
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	ECA Newsletter Posted November 2nd, 2007 in Home & Family
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2007 "Year of Financial Fitness"
Posted March 1st, 2007 in Home & Family

Family and Consumer Science agents with the Cooperative Extension in the seven westernmost counties of North Carolina and the Qualla Boundary are declaring 2007 the “Year of Financial Fitness.” With the goal of “building strength through sound financial management”, Cooperative Extension will provide programming on reducing debt, making a spending plan, growing your savings, children and money, handling holiday spending, and making the most of your housing dollars. A variety of methods will ... MORE