Nutrition education program unveils new healthy eating campaign
Lexington, Ky.- Billboards featuring a wildcat dressed as a super hero have popped up all over the state. The billboards are part of the U.S.
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Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Welcomes Six New Agents
Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension recently welcomed five new agents to campus for a day of orientation and training. We are excited to have these agents in place in Carroll, Edmonson, Knox, Menifee and Monroe counties.
UK unveils historical marker honoring FCS extension, Myrtle Weldon
Lexington, Ky.- Family and consumer sciences extension personnel honored an early, influential extension educator and their program’s centennial anniversary with a historical marker.
Atkinson receives National Guard volunteer award
FCS Extension to Celebrate Centennial on December 2
One hundred years ago, the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service employed the first county home demonstration agents. These seventeen women taught gardening and food preservation and laid the foundation for the current Family and Consumer Sciences Extension programs.
UKAg extension agent named national educator of the year
Lora Lee Frazier Howard has been empowering Kentuckians to lead fuller, healthier lives since 1981 as a University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agent for family and consumer sciences in Clay County.
Carbon Monoxide Safety Is Extremely Important During Winter
With winter here, most people are closing their windows and turning up the heat. These actions increase the risk of poisoning by carbon monoxide (CO), a silent but deadly gas responsible for hundreds of deaths each year. Because people cannot smell, taste, or see it, they do not realize when they are breathing in carbon monoxide. Although carbon monoxide poisoning poses threats for everyone, infants, children, senior citizens, and those with respiratory problems have increased risks.
Conference Offers Support to Grandparents Who Parent
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2014) — The numbers are increasing. According to U.S. Census figures, from 2000 to 2010 the number of Kentucky children living with someone other than their parents increased by more than 200 percent in some counties. That shift in parenting responsibilities can often bring its own set of challenges, and those who find themselves caring for grandchildren or nephews or nieces can sometimes find themselves at a loss for support.
Peritore Named to Advisory Council
Nicole Peritore, Program Coordinator for Health Education through Extension Leadership (HEEL), has been selected to serve a three year term on the Community Advisory Council for the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.