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Publication Number: P3046
Publication Number: IS1998
Publication Number: P3453
Publication Number: P3892

News

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June 8, 2023 - Filed Under: Food, Nutrition

Junior high and high school students are invited to improve their kitchen skills at a culinary arts camp June 26-30 at Mississippi State University. Culinary Arts Kids Camp is focused on teaching young people about local foods, kitchen basics and easy recipes.

A woman holds a bowl of corn and cucumber salad.
This budget-friendly salad is fresh and easy to put together with fresh vegetables from the garden or grocery.
June 6, 2023 - Filed Under: Food, Nutrition

This delicious salad is naturally vegan, sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free not to mention fresh and easy to assemble. It’s also budget-friendly, especially if you grow some of these vegetables yourself.

Hands clasped together over a dry field.
June 5, 2023 - Filed Under: Food and Health, Health, The PROMISE Initiative, Prescription Opioid Misuse, Mental Health First Aid, Farm Stress

RAYMOND, Miss. -- Edward Jenkins manages his family’s small farm in Grace, Mississippi. It’s property that has been in his family since the 1940s.

Like other farms, Jenkins’ family-run operation is a delicate balancing act of making the right decisions and dealing with issues that are beyond a farmer’s control, including weather and markets. It’s a high-pressure business.

Yellow letters stand in the background behind a marker post.
May 22, 2023 - Filed Under: AIM for CHangE

A cross section of Belzoni society turned out to celebrate the opening of a new downtown attraction, a StoryWalk park that’s aimed at children but also welcomes adult interaction. Centennial Park on West Jackson Street in downtown Belzoni now hosts bright-yellow word art that invites visitors to “share.” Within the park is the area’s first StoryWalk, a combination of literacy and physical activity.

A woman holds a bowl of chicken and fruit salad.
If hot meals are too much for you in the summer, try adding this Chicken and Fruit Salad recipe to your meal rotation.
May 16, 2023 - Filed Under: Food, Nutrition

Chicken and Fruit Salad is an easy and refreshing summertime lunch or dinner.

Success Stories

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Disaster Response, Health, Mental Health First Aid, Rural Health
Volume 9 Number 1

When Kathryn Reed saw that young people in her community needed more opportunities to participate in activities to help them grow spiritually and personally, she took action.

“We have a lot of activities for adults in our community, but there was nothing for our pre-teens and teenagers,” explains Kathryn. “We are losing them when they get to that age.”

A man, woman, and child standing outside, smiling in front of a building.
Food and Health, Rural Health
Volume 9 Number 1

He had always been very good at math and science in school, and when Caleb Zumbro earned the chance to study chemical engineering at Mississippi State University, the young man from Franklin County was excited to move away from Mississippi’s Pine Hills.

A group of teens examining a plant with a teacher.
Community, Rural Development, Food and Health, Health, AIM for CHangE, Lawn and Garden, Flower Gardens, Youth Gardening
Volume 8 Number 3

When teachers and administrators at Leland School Park began taking steps to install a school garden in 2019, they had no idea they would get a first-of-its-kind outdoor classroom.

A smiling young girl wearing a green apron holding a measuring cup full of flour.
Health and Wellness, Food and Health, Health, Nutrition and Wellness
Volume 8 Number 3

Kendra McGregory, a Houston, Mississippi, fourth grader, attended the program for the first time in 2021.

Your Extension Experts

Postdoctoral Associate (L,P,S)
Portrait of Dr. Joy Fox Anderson
Extension Specialist I
Portrait of Mr. Tom Ball
Extension Associate III
Portrait of Dr. David Buys
Associate Professor
Portrait of Dr. Sylvia H. Byrd
Prf & Head, Off Nutrition Educ
Portrait of Dr. Courtney Crist
Associate Extension Professor
Portrait of Dr. Jerome Goddard
Extension Professor
Portrait of Mr. Alexis H Hamilton
Extension Agent I
Portrait of Ms. Jasmine Raniece Harris-Speight
Extension Instructor
Portrait of Ms. Anne Howard Hilbun-Benoit
Extension Instructor
Portrait of Ms. Dorothy Kenda
Regional Registered Dietitian
Portrait of Ms. Qula Madkin
Extension Instructor
Portrait of Ms. Yolanda Ellis Pruitt
Program Manager
Portrait of Ms. Ann Sansing
Extension Instructor
Portrait of Dr. Jenna Schilling
Extension Associate III
Portrait of Dr. Juan L. Silva
Professor
Portrait of Dr. Rebecca Campbell Smith
Associate Extension Professor
Portrait of Ms. Kelli L. Whitten
Regional Registered Dietitian
Portrait of Ms. Samantha Ann Willcutt
Regional Registered Dietitian
Portrait of Dr. J. Byron Williams
Associate Extension Professor