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Autumn table setting with small pumpkins, eucalyptus, lit candle, wine glasses, napkins

Have a Healthy and Safe Holiday

As we enter into the season of Thanksgiving and holiday cheer, it is important for us to remember to take care of ourselves. It is so easy to get lost in all the hustle and bustle that goes into the…

SUMMER COOKOUTS BASIC FOOD SAFETY: Maintain hygiene; limit 41°F–135°F; cook to temp; clean surfaces

Summer Cookout Safety

It is summer! Some things that come to mind when I hear the word summer are; pool, beach, no school, hot, gardening, fresh fruits and vegetables, and cookouts. Cookouts are a tradition of summer to…

Hand placing peeled tomatoes into glass mason jar for canning

2025 Home Food Preservation Classes

Join us for a series of home food preservation classes that will include learning to can sweet spreads, a salsa class, and how to pressure can. Canning is an art and a fun skill to learn.…

Mason jars of canned fruit with text "Save the Dates" for 2025 food preservation workshops

2025 Home Food Preservation Classes - Save the Dates

It will be canning season again very soon. Please save these dates for our upcoming home food preservation programs. Each program will be offered twice. We will offer a daytime and an evening…

Hand placing peeled tomatoes into glass mason jar for canning

2024 Home Food Preservation Classes

Canning is demonstrated at an extension building. Photo by Marc HallJoin us for a series of home food preservation classes that will include learning to can sweet spreads, a pickling class, and how…

Blue circular seal "HOMEMADE ENTREPRENEUR" with crossed spoon, fork, knife over "NC"

NC Homemade Entrepreneur October 2023

NC Homemade EntrepreneurOctober 24 – 26, 2023Register Now Do you want to earn some extra money by preparing food in your home? Have you ever thought about starting a home-based food business? If so,…

Hand placing peeled tomatoes into glass mason jar for canning

2023 Home Food Preservation Classes

The days are getting longer and the temperature is rising and gardens are being planted. Now is the time to begin thinking about how you are going to preserve the abundance of produce you will have…

Blue circular seal "HOMEMADE ENTREPRENEUR" with crossed spoon, fork, knife over "NC"

Winter 2023 NC Homemade Program

Registration is now open!Do you have a special recipe that is always requested for you to make? Have you been told you should sale your food product? Have you ever thought about opening a home based…

Bread Baking 101 flyer showing loaves and hands kneading dough; Thursday, October 13, 2022

Bread Baking 101 Workshop

Have you ever wanted to make homemade bread but felt as if it was too hard to do? Then this is the class for you. Come to the Bread Baking 101 class and learn the basics of bread baking through hands…

Roasted stuffed turkey on platter; text reads "Only the turkey should be stuffed" and "Avoid holiday weight gain!"

2021 Eat Smart Move More...Maintain, Don't Gain! Holiday Challenge: Only the Turkey Should Be Stuffed

Maintain, don’t gain this holiday season! Join the 15th annual Holiday Challenge and N.C. Cooperative Extension in Edgecombe County for information and encouragement to help you maintain your weight…