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Fruit isn't too much sugar
"Bananas are too high in sugar, right?" asked a class participant last week. A few years before, a class participant asked if her teenager could have...
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IL-EATS provides ‘home-cooked’ goodness for Illinois veterans at The Joseph Center
The journey home for some military veterans isn’t without its own battles. The Joseph Center...
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Local food, lasting dignity: IL-EATS fuels Collinsville pantry’s mission
As a child, Stacy Jones stood in line at a food pantry with her grandmother.“I know what it’s like to be hungry and to have to ask for food,” she...
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Two Rivers Head Start Agency: ‘There is hope and there is help’
The families picking up food at the Two Rivers Head Start Agency food pantry in Aurora Friday morning were...
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Ogle County 4-H seeks food donations
OREGON, Ill. — Food insecurity is an official term from the USDA, and it's when people don't have enough to eat and don't know where their next meal will come from. It's a big problem in the United States, where 47 million people, including 14 million children, experience food insecurity...
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How to Make Venison Taco Soup

Packed with ground venison, beans, vegetables, and a flavorful broth, warm up with a cup of soup topped with cheese, sour cream, green onions, avocado, or your favorite toppings. 

Do you live in an Illinois county that is part of the Hunters Feeding Illinois program? The Hunters...

School and Community Gardens Learning Module

Bring the garden into the schoolyard with our online School and Community Gardens Self-Paced Learning Modules. A school garden can be many things, from a pollinator garden, to a sensory garden, or a bulb garden. Our online learning modules focus on vegetable gardening while we take you on a...

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Mark becker

Mark Becker

4-H Youth Development Extension Specialist, Food Systems
Makala Bach

Makala Bach

LFPA Family and Consumer Sciences Visiting Outreach Associate
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