How To Become An Extension Master Food Volunteer
Are you passionate about supporting the health of your community? The NC State Extension Master Food Volunteer (EMFV) program provides …
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.
2019 Plant Sale
Hello Mitchell County Gardeners! The N.C. Cooperative Extension of Mitchell County office is now taking preorders for a variety of …
Eat More, Move More, Take Control: Chronic Disease and Prevention Series
Eat Smart, Move More, Take Control serves adults across North Carolina. The program is a 6 session chronic disease …
Keifer Workshop
Come learn how to make milk kefir, a cultured, probiotic dairy beverage similar in taste and texture to yogurt. Making …
Mmm....Apple Butter Season
Apples are one of the delights for this time of the year. Apples are irresistible as snacks or as …
Vegetable Still Plentiful
Gardens have produced an bounty of beautiful vegetables this summer,and there seem to still be plenty of vegetables and …
Boiling Water Canning or Pressure Canning?
We are definitely in canning season, and more and more people are interested in preserving local food because of …
Canning Tomato Products
Gardens are exploding with ripening tomatoes, and we are all trying to eat and preserve this wonderful fruit. Tomatoes are …
Celebrate With Safe Salsa
“Celebrate with Safe Salsa,” a N.C. Cooperative Extension publication available online, covers the basic information needed to make safe …
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Information Portals
- 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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