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[Deadline Extended] Sign Up For June Safe Plates!

You can still sign up for our Safe Plates for Food Managers Course until Thursday, June 1st by 5 PM! Food Service Managers, don’t miss your chance to register for the Safe Plates for Food Managers…

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Be Food Safety-Ready, Sign Up for Safe Plates!

If you work in a food-service establishment such as a restaurant, hospital kitchen, or school cafeteria and are interested in taking a Food Protection Manager course, North Carolina Cooperative…

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Childcare Teachers: Check Out the Farm To Early Childhood Education Training!

In collaboration with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), we will be holding a training for Early Childhood Educators to connect our young…

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Spring and Summer FCS Programs Are Here!

There’s nothing like warmer weather, going outside more often, and learning more about preserving your food and food safety! Now you can sign up for our upcoming Home Food Preservation and Safe…

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Enjoying the Outdoors

In the last two decades, childhood has moved indoors. The average American child spends as few as 30 minutes in unstructured outdoor play each day and more than seven hours each day in front of an…

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Join us for our LIFT Program!

Would you like to participate in a FREE research-based fitness program in order to increase your strength, flexibility, and balance? If so, please join us for our upcoming L.I.F.T. Program! L.I.F.T.…

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How to Handle Picky Eaters

Almost every parent knows the struggle of a child who just won’t eat their dinner. Picky eaters can be a challenge, but there are lots of ways to help children learn to try and like new foods. First,…

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Spring into FCS Programs!

Spring and summer are on the way. This means warm weather and fun programs with Family and Consumer Sciences. Check out some of the upcoming programs from March to June at N.C. Cooperative Extension…

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Don't Forget: Join Us For The FCS Volunteer Open House!

Join N.C. Cooperative Extension, Union County Center in supporting our Family and Consumer Science (FCS) and Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Programs (EFNEP)!We are holding our FCS volunteer…

EFNEP, Health and Nutrition Classes

Upcoming Class: Healthy Habits for the New Year

The New Year is a great time to start changing some old habits. If your focus for 2023 is to start living a healthier lifestyle, not only for yourself, but for your family as well, now you can by…