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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
AgriLife Extension experts give input on transitioning to more ‘Med’ meals COLLEGE STATION — While a Mediterranean-type diet has long been touted as heart-healthy, it was only recently that substantial research has been done to validate this claim, said experts with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. “The research recently completed in Spain was not [...]
SAN ANTONIO – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in South Central Texas have scheduled three springtime pre-service trainings for caregivers of infant through school-age children. Each training is scheduled from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at their respective locations, with registration to begin at 8:30 a.m. “These trainings will cover a variety of topics related to [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: James Jackson, 325-453-2461, JamesR.Jackson@ag.tamu.edu ROBERT LEE – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Coke County will conduct their inaugural Coke County 4-H Invitational Shooting Match beginning with registration at 9:30 a.m. March 30 at the Red Canyon Gun Club in Robert Lee. “The purpose of the match [...]
Program has 200-plus free video webcast recipes DALLAS — The percentage of the family food budget spent on away-from-home food has steadily increased since the 1970s and so has the amount of calories families consume, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service family and consumer sciences expert in Dallas. “When dining out, there is a [...]
WESLACO – Roxanna Salinas has been named the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program’s 4-H and youth development agent in Cameron County, according to Dr. Ruben Saldana, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service administrator in Weslaco. Salinas assumed her duties Jan. 15, and will work with her colleagues at the AgriLife Extension offices of [...]
COLLEGE STATION – University students shouldn’t always focus on the highest paying jobs. At least that shouldn’t be the first priority, according a nationally known florist. “Find something you love and make money doing it. That’s what I tell students,” said Joyce Mason-Monheim of Tucson, Ariz., a floral designer known for her “lapel art.” As [...]
