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In this issue: Diabetes Awareness Month; Kids' Corner; Pumpkin Fluff Dip; Tensas Produce Market Falls into Place; and December Calendar
The forest products industry contributes to each parish economy in several ways, including jobs, wages and purchases in the local economies.
In this issue: Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Kids' Corner; Southwestern Roasted Vegetables; West Carroll Parish Fall Community Health Fair; November Calendar.
In this issue: Kids' Corner, National Childhood Obesity Month, Kid-Friendly English Muffin Pizza, A Facelift for Facen Park, and October Calendar
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Nutrition and Horticulture.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Nutrition and Horticulture.
Provides list of members and links to meeting minutes for the Franklin Parish FCS Nutrition Advisory Leadership Council.
In this Issue: Container Gardening, Coping with Stress through Nutrition, Geaux Shop Healthy, Upcoming Events, New Recipe Card, Information.
The FCS Spotlight for the month of April is on Team Cuisine Culinary Camp held in West Carroll Parish.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Nutrition and Horticulture.
Louisiana Crawfish Fried Rice is a Louisiana favorite dish. Click here to get recipe.
Provides list of members and links to meeting minutes for the Franklin Parish Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Advisory Leadership Council.
The license may be renewed by attending a recertification training meeting offered by the LSU AgCenter.
Plate of fresh figs garnished with toasted Louisiana pecans and feta cheese.
A plate with Strawberry-fig preserves topped on a buttermilk biscuit. Strawberry-fig preserves are a favorite anytime!
The basic components of composting are location, plant materials, water, soil from your yard and some nitrogen.
Tomatoes are a favorite vegetable in a home garden
The article describes leaf galls or Exobasidium fungal disease including a picture of infected azalea leaves.
In this Issue: Local Food Finds, Food Safety, American Heart Month, Recipe Card, Upcoming Events, and Information.
In this issue: Activity Corner, Connecting Communities, Upcoming Events, Information and more.
In this issue: 'Tis the Season for Spending, Activity Corner, Food Safe Families, Healthy Recipe Box, Information, Upcoming Events and more.
In this issue: A Seat at the Table with Family, Friends, and Colleagues, Healthy Recipe Box, Fall Fun at the Delta Master Gardeners' pumpkin patch, and more.
In this issue: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Healthy Recipe Box, Kid Stuff, Food Safe Families, Information, Upcoming Events, and more.
February FCS Spotlight focuses on improving health and wellness for LSU AgCenter agents and staff from a grant provided by Louisiana Workplace Wellness.
Franklin Parish Extension Nutrition Team was awarded the Walmart Healthy Living Grant to support youth nutrition education in the parish.
The FCS Spotlight for December focuses on Walk-A-Mile Day, which brings East Carroll Parish residents together to increase physical activity in their community.
November Spotlight features Southern University AgCenter FCS Agent of the Year Award. This year's award was presented to Marianna Langston.
This article gives a brief description of the Forest Tent Caterpillar including three pictures.
Bagworms are aptly named for the bag the larva make of silk and bits of twigs or leaves interwoven to disguise and strengthen the case.
Learn to recognize the differences between poison ivy or poison oak and Virginia creeper.
One of the most care free gardening rewards is planting spring flowering bulbs.
We had a long dreary wet winter, but spring arrived with nature reemerging as normal.
Lichens are perennial organisms consisting of a fungus and a green alga or blue-green bacterium.
Fire Blight is a bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora.It infects plants in the pome fruit subgroup of the rose family.
The fungus completes part of its life cycle on the cedar and junipers and part on the mayhaw.
The LSU AgCenter Flavors of Health program worked with the City of Farmerville to help reduce obesity in the parish.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences and Nutrition and Horticulture.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences and Nutrition and Horticulture.
In this issue: National Rice Month, Healthy Recipe Box, Kid Stuff, Food Safe Families, Information, Upcoming Events, and more.
September FCS Spotlight focused on improvements made to Kendall Park in East Carroll Parish.
In this issue: Healthy Recipe Box, Growing Healthy Communities, Healthy Foods, School Gardening, Information, Upcoming Events, and more.
The Louisiana Soul Food Heritage Festival was the spotlight for the month of August in East Carroll Parish.
An overview of the air-fryer, benefits and features, tips for correctly using one, recipes and more.
In this issue: FCS Spotlight, Healthy Recipe Box, Activity Corner, Farmer's Market Update, Kid Stuff, Upcoming Events, Information, and more.
Youth from across the parish got a chance to participate in the first ever KidChef and TeenChef Camps in Crowville, LA.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences and Nutrition and Horticulture.
In this Issue: June is Soul Food Month, Juneteenth Celebrations, Farmer's Market Frenzy, Food Safety Families, Activity Corner, Upcoming Events, and more.
Several FCS parish agents from across the Northeast Region are conducting hands-on pressure canner training workshops.
In this Issue: FCS Spotlight, Activity Corner, Healthy Recipe Box, Kid Stuff, Local Food Finds, Upcoming Events and much more.
The Spotlight for the month of May is on the City of Tallulah being awarded the Recreational Trails Grant.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences and Nutrition and Horticulture.
LSU AgCenter partnered with the town of Ferriday to create a Healthy Communities Coalition to improve the lives of residents in relation to health and wellness.
The FCS Spotlight for February is on "Journey Around the World", an experience of celebrating diverse cultures.
In this Issue: FCS Spotlight, Nutrition, Healthy Recipe Box, Healthy Communities, Family Meal Tips, Activity Corner, Kids Stuff and more.
In this issue: FCS Spotlight, Food Safe Families, Kid Stuff, Activity Corner, Heart Healthy Foods, Healthy Recipes, Upcoming Events and much more.
Provides a list of members and links to meeting minutes for the Franklin Parish 4-H Advisory Leadership Council.
Harvested acreage and yield 2016-2020 in Franklin Parish.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Sciences and Nutrition.
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth and Family Development, Family and Consumer Science, and expansion of team.
Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) and 4-H Youth and Family Development.
Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), 4-H Youth and Family Development, and Family and Consumer Sciences.
This recipe features lean protein, veggies, dairy and carbohydrates to fuel your family through the busy back to schedules.
Garlic, cumin, and lemon juice give a zesty flavor to this cold, blended vegetable soup.
Information on how to prepare and preserve it properly.
A brief guide on how and when to grow vegetables for small scale gardeners.
Farmers market fun and soup recipe.
LSU Agcenter Quincy's Recipe Corner stuffed sweet potato recipe.
Try this tasty recipe over some nutty-tasting brown rice.
Quick and Easy recipe that was prepared at the 2019 4-H KidChef Camp this summer.
Crawfish Fettuccini is a Louisiana favorite. Click here to get recipe.
According to chefs and dietitians across the country, mushrooms are an “it” food for 2019. Learn more.
An old "throwback recipe" that I have revamped since the last the last time it was done in 2008.
Fresh Gulf Shrimp is in season and better than ever in this refreshing pasta salad. Click here to get recipe.
Beef can easily be incorporated into a healthy diet. Click here to view recipe.
This dish was recently prepared at fun cooking demonstration at the Alexandria Farmer's Market in Alexandria, Louisiana.
The LSU AgCenter Rapides Parish Extension Nutrition Team kicked off the 2019 Spring Lunch and Learn Series on Wednesday, January 16.
Quincy Vidrine demonstrates how to makegumbo in an electric pressure cooker.
Sweet Potato and Turkey Sausage Appetizer Squares with lemon garlic mayo just in time for Thanksgiving.
Try this sweet potato recipe for your upcoming holiday meal.
It’s tailgating time! All over the south and especially here in Louisiana. Click here for this great dip recipe and tips on food safety.
Butternut squash is a winter squash that is high in vitamin A.
2017 herbicide options for weeds infesting home lawns.
Click the link to get the recipe.
Looking for a good tomato recipe? Here is a tasty creole tomato vinaigrette with a little kick of spice...
This recipe was prepared using locally grown fresh sugar snap peas.
This Louisiana Seafood Lassagna was featured on Jambalaya News Channel 5 in March 2018.
With St. Patrick’s day and the Lenten season upon us, why not GO GREEN when it comes to gumbo? Read more.
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili featured on Jambalaya News Channel 5 for October 2017.
This Maple & Balsamic Pork Tenderloin with avocado oil marinade was featured on Jambalaya News Channel 5. (September 2017)
Participants learn how to use the new electric pressure cooker.