UGA Cooperative Extension
Lumpkin County Cooperative Extension Office:
Family & Consumer Sciences
The Family and Consumer Sciences Department is here to meet the economic and social well-being of individuals and families through programs that help people extend their income, improve their health, and strengthen their personal and family relationships.
Our office provides the following information:
FCS Publications
- Family and Consumer Sciences Home Page - Educational support on topics relating to foods and nutrition, financial management, housing and parenting.
- 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.
- Home Canning Information - Click here to find support on home canning it is listed under publications, other sites will be listed for support on canning as well.
So Easy To Preserve
The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is pleased to offer a new 5th edition of its popular book, 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 information for 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. So Easy to Preserve Book Order Form
Shape up America ---Family Fitness Fun
Preventing Childhood Obesity
Everyone knows that it is important to turn off the TV, DVD, Gameboys etc. in order to prevent the development of childhood obesity. But without their “screens” available, many children complain that they are bored. With this in mind, Shape Up America! and Sweet ‘N Low have partnered on a set of ideas for parents to use to help children become more active and live a healthier lifestyle. some ideas for non-TV activities.
TV Turn Off Week: Managing Screen Time for the Whole Family tips for parents for savvy screen viewing
Helpful links to Shape Up America! Family Fitness Fun
- 20 Tips for Getting Your Family on Track to Fitness
- 15 Other helpful Tips for Family Fitness
- Another 15 Tips for Family Fitness Fun
- Are you looking for exciting, healthy meals? Try one of Shape up America! sample menu plans! 1500 Calories, 2000 Calories
The goals of this program, which is sponsored by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and its partners, are to help you:
- Develop regular physical activity habits
- Get healthier and more physically fit
- Have fun!
Walk your way across Georgia in just eight weeks getting fit and trim through a variety of physical activities. Think about your time spent in gardening, exercising, swimming, cycling, fall ball games and may more activities can help with counting your miles up to walk across Georgia.
You may participate as an individual or a team of four. Talk to your family, co-workers, and friends.Virtually walk your way across Georgia in just eight weeks and feel great about feeling better, eating better, and losing a few pounds. To track your activity, go to www.walkgeorgia.org it is simple and easy to follow the directions to log on yourself or your team. You will log on your time in minutes and Walk Georgia will convert to miles. Yes you can count activity at work, and time spent with your family. It is easy to do, it begins with you.
Helpful Links
- Diabetes Life Line Newsletters - Click here for helpful information on diabetes.
- Educational literature and free publications on Food and Nutrition.
- FACS Cooperative Extension State Web Page
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Radon Education
Ginger Bennett, Radon Educator, teaches individuals and groups how to test their homes for radon and how they can protect themselves and their families from this dangerous carcinogen. Radon is now the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. Each year, 22,000 people die from lung cancer in the U.S. as a result of indoor exposure to radon gas - 600 of them in Georgia.
Radon gas is an odorless, tasteless radioactive gas formed by the breakdown of uranium in the soil and rock beneath homes. As warm air rises in the home, it acts like a vacuum, allowing radon and other soil gases to enter through cracks, hollow block walls, and openings around floor drains and pipes.
For radon kits and more information, visit the FCS Radon Education web site where you can download the mail order kit form. Mail order kits sell for $6.50 or contact Ginger Bennett at (770) 531-6988 or email bennettg@uga.edu. RadonHotlineNumbers
