![Have a Happy and Healthy Father’s Day](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/fcs/files/2020/06/fathers-day-1080x357.jpg)
Have a Happy and Healthy Father’s Day
With everything going on in the world today, it could be easy to forget one of the most important holidays of the year, Father’s Day. We will celebrate Father’s Day on June 21st this year, during Men’s Health Month! Father’s Day is a good time to show the men in our...
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Produce Pointers – Tomatoes
The classic succulent vegetable of summer is ripe for your salads, sandwiches and salsa. Tomatoes can be used many ways to make good food with good nutrition. Uses & Preparation Unripe tomatoes take 3 to 4 days to ripen. Use ripe tomatoes within a day or two. ...
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Helpful Resources for Weathering the Storm
It's officially hurricane season here in Florida and that means it's time to review and rebuild your disaster kit. Take some time to go through your kit and make sure you have everything you need. Use this checklist as a starting point and add whatever else you may...
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Seeking Calm During a Crisis
We like to feel as if we are always in control of our lives, especially during a crisis. Being in control provides us with feelings of confidence and strength, as if nothing could ever go wrong. However, sometimes we are not in control of our lives. Sometimes our...
![Produce Pointers – Blueberries](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/fcs/files/2020/05/blueberries_banner-1080x357.jpg)
Produce Pointers – Blueberries
Once known as star berries because of the pointy flower calyxes on top, blueberries have grown wild in North America for thousands of years. They were a staple among Native Americans, who dried and smoked the berries, and pounded them into venison to flavor the meat....
![Step by Step into Better Health](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/fcs/files/2020/05/running-banner-1080x357.jpg)
Step by Step into Better Health
What does your morning and evening routine consist of? Now that we are adjusting to our new normal of staying at home and social distancing, many routines are different than before. How about starting a routine of walking 30 minutes or an hour each day? There are so...
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Public Media serves everybody, everywhere, every day for free
Families across the country are adapting to the challenges in daily life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Families with children face even more challenges. The task of keeping children occupied, and attempting to keep up with schoolwork, monitoring “screen time,”...
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Car Cleaning Tips
Even during our ‘Safer at Home’ orders, we must use our vehicle if we are essential workers or run necessary errands. Learn safe car cleaning practices from UF IFAS Extension Escambia County to help minimize your risks during local travel. Disinfect Your Car...
The weather is great! Let’s go outside?
Can I go outside during the Coronavirus Pandemic? Is it a smart idea? As we are instructed by the CDC to isolate ourselves and embrace social distancing, we may start to feel a little restless or stir crazy after staying inside for a long period of time. Spring...
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MONITORING DURING COVID-19 TO FLATTEN THE CURVE
Monitoring during COVID-19 to flatten the curve; let's focus on what we can do.