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 [...]
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 [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Amy Wagner, 806-373-0713, aewagner@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Before the next state health inspection, eating establishments may want to review whether or not they have a certified food manager. If not, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is offering a course to help them meet state requirements. By law, food establishments [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Leesa Wood Calvi, 806-570-5676, l-calvi@tamu.edu AMARILLO – Leesa Wood Calvi will be switching Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices after occupying the one in Randall County for more than 27 years. Calvi will begin a new assignment Feb. 1 as the cancer prevention and early detection program specialist for [...]
BOERNE — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present the Backyard Basics program “Preserving and Serving the Harvest” from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. March 8 in cooperation with Don Strange of Texas, Inc. The program will be held at the Don Strange Ranch Ranch, 103 Waring Welfare Road in Boerne. The Backyard Basics series, which [...]
COLLEGE STATION – With health and the economy two of the major issues facing residents of Texas and the U.S., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts have ideas on how to keep Valentine’s Day romantic while watching waistlines and wallets. “There are a number of low-cost and creative alternatives to more expensive ways to celebrate [...]
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 a water well screening Feb. 11-12 in Robert Lee. James Jackson, AgriLife Extension agent in Coke County, said samples should be brought to the AgriLife Extension office in Coke County [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Even though school children are served a healthy lunch, researchers are wanting to know how much of their entrees are actually being eaten or pushed aside, and the cost associated with serving daily meals in a study conducted by Texas A&M University System researchers. A team led [...]
COLLEGE STATION — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Watch UR BAC program is spreading an important safety message to the public about designating a sober driver on Super Bowl Sunday: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. “Watch UR BAC — the BAC stands for blood alcohol concentration — is a free, statewide program to [...]
SAN ANTONIO — This winter, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer additional programs from its popular Backyard Basics series in Bexar and surrounding counties, according to an agency administrator. “Backyard Basics is a new multi-county initiative that promotes healthy living by providing residents of South Central Texas — including Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall and Wilson counties [...]
