February 15, 2023
Melissa Bales, Health Extension Agent Growing Health is entering year 2! Growing Health is a program that was developed by the Greenville County Rural Health and Urban Horticulture Agents to help beginner gardeners in Greenville learn to grow their own vegetables and incorporate these vegetables into a healthy diet. In order to help beginner gardeners, […]
February 15, 2023
Ellie Lane, Statewide Rural Health and Nutrition Extension Agent The Rural Health and Nutrition Team’s free health programs are expanding! We have listened to your feedback and are currently developing a program designed to keep you strong and healthy for life. Practical Strength will launch Summer 2023! The goal of the Practical Strength program is […]
February 15, 2023
Over the last few years, Health Extension for Diabetes has grown. We are so excited to have in-person classes offered in additional counties. As of October 2022, Health Extension for Diabetes is now offered in person in Laurens County. Our first cohort in the county was offered at the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy and […]
February 15, 2023
Representatives from the Rural Health and Nutrition (RHN) Team, including the Greenville County RHN agent, and individuals from the horticulture and 4H teams, attended the Extension Appalachian Region Health Summit in Roanoke, Virginia in November. The summit was an opportunity to showcase what the Clemson RHN team is doing to address the health of South […]
February 15, 2023
Melissa Bales, Rural Health and Nutrition Extension Agent Know Diabetes by Heart (KDBH) and Health Extension for Diabetes (HED) offer classes in English and Spanish. Eight percent of individuals living in Greenville County speak Spanish. Through the delivery of HED and KDBH in English, we identified a need for these programs in Spanish. Statewide Rural […]
February 15, 2023
Mary Vargo, Horticulture Agent Start Your Own Vegetable and Flower Seeds This Year Want to learn how to start your own vegetable and flower seeds this year? Join Greenville County Horticulture Agent Mary Vargo and the Greenville Master Gardeners for a seed-starting workshop on February 25, 2023, from 11 AM to 12:30 PM at […]
September 13, 2022
For over 120 years, 4-H Youth Development has engaged youth with high-quality developmental settings with an emphasis on academic motivation and success, social competence, high personal standards, connection, personal responsibility, and contribution to others through leadership and civic engagement. The 4-H Thriving Model is the theory of change for positive youth development in 4-H. The […]
September 13, 2022
Food Systems and Safety Agent Alex Ryan Thompson is helping to educate Upstate South Carolina residents on a range of food safety topics. As a part of the Food Systems and Safety program team with Clemson Cooperative Extension, Alex Ryan Thompson hosts home canning workshops covering all forms of canning. Types of canning boiling water […]
September 13, 2022
Growing Health is a program that was developed by the Greenville County Rural Health and Urban Horticulture Agents to help beginner gardeners in Greenville learn to grow their own vegetables and incorporate these vegetables into a healthy diet. In order to help beginner gardeners learn about vegetables that can be grown throughout the year, Growing […]
September 13, 2022
Finding a facility to harvest and process your livestock is a challenge for producers of any scale. This challenge has been exasperated by labor shortages and increased local meat demand. Fortunately, an exemption for small-scale poultry producers allows them to harvest and sell their meat. Many South Carolinians bought poultry during the pandemic as a […]
