New Prairie View A&M agent added to AgriLife Extension staff in Potter County

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Lizabeth Gresham, 373-0713, lizabeth.gresham@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Lizabeth Gresham has been named the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program agent for family and consumer sciences in Potter County, according to Dr. Angela Burkham, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service regional program coordinator for family and consumer sciences in Amarillo. Gresham [...]

AgriLife Extension to offer Food Manager Certification Training May 22-23 in Claude

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Leicia Redwine, 806-226-3021, l-redwine@tamu.edu  CLAUDE — Before the next health inspection, restaurants and other food-service operations may want to review whether or not they have a certified food manager. If not, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is offering a course to help them meet state requirements. “Food Safety:  It’s Our [...]

AgriLife Extension names Dukes as new district administrator in Amarillo

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Brandon Dukes, 806-677-5600, bkdukes@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Brandon Dukes will be stepping up April 15 to assume new duties as the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service District 1 administrator in Amarillo, according to Dr. Darrell Dromgoole, associate director for county programs in College Station. Currently the 4-H and youth development [...]

AgriLife Extension to offer professional food manager certification training course

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Sue Owens, 806-935-2593,csowens@ag.tamu.edu    DUMAS – A professional food manager certification training course will be offered April 22-23 at the Moore County Annex, 310 East First Street in Dumas, by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Moore County. The cost is $125 and includes training, materials and a [...]

Bryan-College Station community to host the Texas 4-H Roundup in June

           COLLEGE STATION — The Texas 4-H Roundup will host more than 4,000 participants June 11-14 on the campus of Texas A&M University.            4-H is the youth program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.            “4-H Roundup is Texas 4-H’s premiere leadership event of the year,” said Kyle Merten, AgriLife Extension [...]

Would your child’s car seat pass inspection?

AgriLife Extension to offer car seat checkup event Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Erica Hefner, 806-435-4501, Erica.hefner@ag.tamu.edu PERRYTON – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Ochiltree County is hosting a child safety seat checkup event on March 28, and all parents are urged to attend to be sure they are properly installing [...]

AgriLife Extension program reflects widening interest in homegrown, homemade foods

Backyard Basics seminar demonstrates past deserves preservation BOERNE — More than 70 people from throughout South Central Texas attended the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Don Strange of Texas, Inc. program “Preserving and Serving the Harvest” at the Don Strange Ranch in Boerne. PerservingandServing-MPEG-4 The program included demonstrations on food preparation and preservation basics [...]

Never kiss a kissing bug

Common insect may harbor disease-causing parasite Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Sarah Hamer, 979-847-5693, SHamer@cvm.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – One look at the kissing bug and kissing would be the last thought most folks would have, but even touching one can sometimes have dire consequences, said a vector-borne disease expert with Texas A&M University [...]

AgriLife Extension in San Antonio offering Child and Adult Care Feeding Program nutrition classes

SAN ANTONIO – Several nutrition classes in 2013 for professionals participating in the Child and Adult Care Feeding Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be held at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office, 3355 Cherry Ridge Drive, Suite 208 in San Antonio. The no-cost nutrition classes have been scheduled to provide support [...]