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Research-based programs and tips on nutrition, recipes, food safety, food preservation, exercise and health.

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Research-based programs and tips on housing, parenting, relationships, divorce, senior living and personal finance.

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Focus on Kids: Franklin County Parent Education Program (20th Circuit)

Event date: Aug. 10, 2022

Event time: | 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Union, MO

Focus on Kids is a workshop to help divorced and separated parents learn how to nurture and support their children through the divorce process and to help parents who are living apart develop ways to work together effectively as co-parents. Focus on ...

Diabetes Self-Management (Riverside Library - Scott City)

Event date: Aug. 11, 2022 - Sept. 22, 2022

Scott City, MO

The Diabetes Self-Management Program is an evidence-based six-week program for individuals living with type 2 diabetes and their caregivers. It is designed to help individuals better manage their symptoms by learning important self-management skills ...

Childcare Provider Training: Making the 123s and ABCs More Active (Evening)

Event date: Aug. 11, 2022

Event time: | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

This workshop provides new ideas for combining creative movement and activity with learning about numbers and letters in developmentally appropriate ways. Join us and find out how to help children get ready for kindergarten by slithering like a ...

Canning Salsa and Pickling - VA/Veterans Urban Farm

Event date: Aug. 12, 2022

Event time: | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Columbia, MO

Quality for Keeps: Home Food Preservation focuses on safe and correct food preservation methods in the home setting.Register by contacting: Dustin Cook, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture - Veterans Urban Farm, ...

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Missouri youths learn leadership skills at Missouri 4-H Week

Published: Friday, July 8, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Leadership skills were in focus for Missouri 4-H youths who attended last month’s Missouri 4-H Week in Columbia. For the first time, the Teen Conference, Missouri 4-H Explores and the State Congress were held on the University of ...

How to buy meat directly from the farm

Published: Thursday, July 7, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – One option for consumers buying meat is to purchase directly from the producer. A new University of Missouri Extension publication offers guidelines for buying all or part of animal from a livestock producer and having the meat ...

4-H Explores brings youths to Mizzou campus

Published: Friday, June 24, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension hosted the 2022 Missouri 4-H Explores – College and Career Pathways event June 1-2 on the MU campus.Participants learned about degree programs at MU’s College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural ...

Consider food safety when donating to pantries

Published: Thursday, June 23, 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Donating to food pantries and food banks is a way for neighbors to help neighbors, reduce food waste and aid families in need, says Londa Nwadike, extension food safety specialist for the University of Missouri and Kansas State ...

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Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2022, No. 4 (July/August)

Publication date: July 1, 2022

Test your Dial Gauge Canners Each YearSummer is here, which means canning season is right around the corner. It is time to take inventory of your canning equipment.Ensuring your pressure canner is in good condition and working properly is critical to ...

Fun With Food and Fitness — Newsletter for First Grade Curriculum Lesson 7: Food Groups