UGA Cooperative Extension

Chatham County Extension
Family & Consumer Sciences

Families & Consumer Sciences- We know your life is complicated. The Extension has information about health and nutrition, money management, food, home concerns, relationships, and many other topics. Extension has resources that will help you whether you are retired, a first time parent, a teen, or a grandparent helping raise your grandchildren. To find what services are available in your area call your local Extension Office.

Home Food Preservation:

National Center for Home Food Preservation- The National Center for Home Food Preservation is your source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation.

So Easy to Preserve your Harvest from your Garden
Saturday, March 24, 2012
1:00 pm Conference Center
Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens
Free

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program-EFNEP
Helping Families Eat Better for Less
EFNEP reaches adults and youth through educational programs on food safety, healthy eating and stretching the food dollar.
Participants learn how to:
Save money of food
Plan quick and easy meals for their family
Prepare delicious and nutritious recipes
Keep foods safe to eat
Free Nutrition Sessions- 6 Sessions
March 28, 2012 thru May 9, 2012
Bamboo Farm
9:30 am- Spanish
1:30 pm- English
To reserve your spot call: 912-652-7991 or 912-652-7994

Cooking for a Life Time Cancer Prevention Cooking School Series
February 23, 2012
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church-Saint Jude Hall
501 S. Coastal Highway, Port Wentworth, GA. 31407
Pre-Registration Required- call 912-652-7981 or email: uge3051@uga.edu
Learn to prepare delicious meals and snacks to lower your risk for cancer and chronic diseases

Chatham Childcare Collaborative
Chatham Childcare Collaborative is a partnership committed to providing research-based, quality, affordable childcare training to all child care providers in southeast Georgia. Partners of the Collaborative are the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension in Chatham County, Early Start Child Care Resource & Referral, Savannah Technical College, Fort Stewart/Hunter Child and Youth Development Services, and United Way of the Coastal Empire.

Childcare Collaborative Training Opportunities Collaborative Training Calendar 2012

*January 14, 2012-Super Saturday
Brochure
Registration Form
*May 12, 2012-ECI
*July 14, 2012-Super Saturday

So Easy to Preserve:This beautiful book contains the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture recommendations for safe food preservation. So Easy To Preserve is now a 375-page book with over 185 tested recipes, along with step by step instructions and in-depth informationfor both the new and experienced food preserver.
Chapters include Preserving Food, Canning, Pickled Products, Jellied Fruit Products, Freezing and Drying. This 5th edition has 35 new tested recipes and processes, in addition to a new section with recommended procedures for home-canned salsas.
cost: $18.00- can be purchased at your local extension office or online at:www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/index.php

• Newsletters
  Senior Sense
  Growing Together
  Diabetes Life Line
  
  
• Web Page Links of Interest
• MyPyramid.gov
• Fightbac.org
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
• American Diabetes Association
  
• www.mymoney.gov/default.shtml
• www.kids.gov/intern.about_site.shtml
• Food Safety for People with Diabetes
• www.feedthepig.org
• www.epa.gov/lead