Gayle Williford, Food Systems & Safety Agent, Berkeley County The goal of preserving should be to keep food safe while retaining nutrition and quality. There are numerous methods available to complete this task. A good preservation method must: 1) Keep the food acceptable, 1) safe, and 3) retain nutrition. Dehydrating or drying has been around […]
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Starting Vegetable Seeds for Spring Planting
Glen Payne, Urban Horticulture Agent The days are getting longer, and the ground is warming up as spring comes around again. Now, it’s time to get busy planting containers with vegetables. Last week was an opportunity to visit the Seed & Feed store to pick out the vegetable seeds for a new promise of hope […]
Beaufort Junior Leadership Awarded $1,500.00 Grant
Meghan Barkley, 4-H Youth Development Agent Beaufort Junior Leadership received a $1,500 grant from the Foundation for Leadership Education (FLE). FLE supports leadership education and promotes leadership awareness. The program was recognized during the Lowcountry Lifetime Achievement Awards program held in January 2024. Beaufort Junior Leadership is a program offered by Clemson University Cooperative Extension […]
2024 Regional Corn & Soybean Meeting
Joe Varn & Rogan Gibson, Extension Agronomy Agents On February 8, 2024, Clemson Extension Agents Rogan Gibson, Joe Varn, and Marion Barnes hosted the corn and soybean production meeting in the Allendale County Extension Office. Seventy-five farmers and industry personnel from across the Savannah Valley gathered in the room to learn more about corn and […]
Soil Sampling: A Simple Way to Prepare Your Garden for Spring
Ellen Sturup Comeau, Water Resources Agent February is here, and we are starting to see signs of spring! Amidst the cold and rain, we’ve had a few days of warmer, sunny weather, with many of us all dreaming about growing gardens. Luckily, it’s an excellent time of year to start preparing for early April’s planting […]
Partner Highlight: Heritage Community Farm
Amanda Taylor, Forestry and Natural Resources Agent One of the unique projects to spring from the Beaufort County Senior Leadership program is Heritage Community Farm, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting food insecurity in Northern Beaufort County. Headed by previous Senior Leadership participants, this group of volunteers established a farm on the Whale Branch Middle School […]
Colleton/Hampton County Diabetes Education from Rural Health & Nutrition
Jackie Gallagher, Rural Health & Nutrition Agent Do you have diabetes or know someone who does? Unfortunately, the answer to at least one of those questions is a yes. The good news is that the more you know about the risk factors and ways to manage diabetes, you can take charge of your health and […]
Beaufort County EFNEP (Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program)
Patti H. Chapman, Nutrition Educator – Clemson University Over 140 students recently completed the “Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness” (CHFFF) program. These eight groups of third graders learned how to choose healthy snacks, read nutrition facts labels, develop healthy eating habits, increase physical activity, practice safe food handling, and prepare healthy dishes. One of […]
Silvopasture Systems Provide Many Benefits to Landowners
Janet Steele, Area Forestry & Wildlife Agent Diversifying land use is an area of growing interest among South Carolina landowners. Increasing focus on using forested acreage to its fullest potential has some landowners and land managers wanting to blend livestock management with timber management by implementing silvopasture. Silvopasture is not turning livestock loose in the […]
Happenings With Union County 4-H – Mark Cathcart
New Year! New Goals! New Clubs! New People! The new year brings the opportunity to get things back on schedule here in Union County. The Union County Agricultural Fair consumes most of October and Thanksgiving and Christmas family time suspends our regular meeting schedules. January is a time to get back to the task at […]
