4-H in Scotland County

4-H is a fun and educational program for children ages 5-18. The 4-H program is sponsored by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and is dedicated to helping boys and girls develop life skills MORE »Posted: 5/28/12

Nutrition for Children and Teenagers

When looking at school-age children and teenagers today they are much more independent when it comes to making food choices.  Children and young adults need a different type of guidance.  No matter what their MORE »Posted: 2/9/12

Causes of Childhood Obesity

What causes childhood obesity? According to the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” (CDC), Childhood obesity is the result of eating too many calories and not getting enough physical activity. Why focus on food MORE »Posted: 8/8/11

Ideas for Parents to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight

You’ve probably read about it in newspapers and seen it on the news: in the United States, the number of obese children and teens has continued to rise over the past two decades. Research MORE »Posted: 5/4/11

Extension and Community Association Sells Local Cookbook and County Flags

Do you love to cook? Are you looking for new recipes? Would you like to purchase a county flag but unsure where to find one? Well, look no further. Scotland County Extension and Community MORE »Posted: 4/26/11

Grass-Fed Beef: What is the difference?

I was asked this question recently.  A lot of people see this on a label of beef and do not understand what the difference is, or why someone would take as much as three MORE »Posted: 2/8/10

Be A Fit Kid

There’s a lot of discussion these days about fit kids. Caregivers such as: parents, doctors, teachers, etc want to know how to help kids be more fit.  Being fit is a way of saying MORE »Posted: 1/13/10

Meat Labels – Understanding What You are Buying

A new trend in grocery stores and in farmers markets around the state is private brand meats. Private brand meats are meats that are raised, processed and marketed/labeled by one farm, or a series MORE »Posted: 12/8/09