2014 Green Living Expo to be held in Crawfordville
Come one, come all to the Green Living Expo offered to all citizens of the Big Bend area. I love the adopted tagline… Experience a simpler, more sustainable life. Learn ways to save money and reduce your impact on the Earth. Those of you who have...
Spring Clean Your Finances
As you are clearing out clutter, sprucing up, and getting ready for summer, you also should start your financial spring cleaning by figuring out where you stand financially. Here are a few tips to help you get started: 1. Get organized. Build a personal...
Are You Being Profiled?
Your credit score is the most frequently and widely used method for determining your credit worthiness, but what if a 700 credit score was not just a 700 credit anymore? What if there was a way to try to predict consumer debt delinquency behavior even among those...
The Cost of Not Having HealthCare
UF IFAS Extension Northwest District cares about you having all the facts necessary to use research based information to make informed choices for you and/or your family. One important choice coming up for almost 70,000 uninsured adults in the Big Bend (Gadsden,...
Sugar vs. Other Sweeteners: Get the Scoop
Do you use sugar, honey, artificial sweetener, or some combination of them all? Which are better to use? The internet is flooded with myths about sweeteners – both nutritive and low- or no-calorie. Because it’s often difficult to sift through the claims, here’s a...
Be Heart Smart – Make Heart-Healthy Choices
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States each year. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Eating habits are something we acquire as...
Food Recalls Help Keep Consumers Safe
Have you paid attention to any of the recent food recalls? In February 2014, both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued consumer food recalls and alerts for a variety of food safety reasons. Product recalls...
Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right
Taste tops nutrition as the main reason why we buy one food over another, as consumer research has clearly shown. Even though social, emotional, and health factors do have important roles to play, the foods people enjoy are probably the ones they eat the most. The...
Life Happens: Emergency Funds Allow You to Adapt
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Families Eat Too Many Sofas
No, not the kind you sit on. SoFAS stands for “Solid Fats and Added Sugars”. Even though the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends no more than about 15% of daily calories should come from SoFAS, Americans of both sexes and all ages get closer to 35% of their...