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Fresh organic beets and collard greens harvested.

Family & Consumer Sciences

Our mission is to link education with life experience to help people improve their lives, their families, and communities. UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Family & Consumer Sciences brings you workshops, educational series, newsletters, media articles, volunteer training programs, exhibits, demonstrations, publications and office consultations. Volunteer support for these programs is provided by Master Food & Nutrition Educators. Family & Consumer Sciences programs are scheduled at the request of groups and can be designed to target specific information for the audience.

Fresh organic beets and collard greens harvested.

Health/Nutrition & Food Systems

Check out information on food preservation, chronic disease prevention, food entrepreneurship, and cooking.

Chopping zucchini in a kitchen

Food Safety

Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness.

food on plates

Recipes

Check out our downloadable recipe cards!