Food and Nutrition

Get Your Pressure Canner Ready for Canning Season
Freeport, Ill. --As home canning season approaches, ensuring your pressure canner is working properly is an important first step. Dial gauges on pressure canners should be tested each year to confirm they are accurate and operating safely.Only a pressure canner can reach...

Illinois Extension Brings Heart Health Class to Ogden
OGDEN, Ill – Improve your heart health with this upcoming class from Illinois Extension. Join Food and Nutrition Educator Rachel Mannen for Heart Healthy at the Ogden Rose Public Library (103 W Main St., Ogden, IL 61859). Class will be held on Saturday, May 16, from noon to 2 P.M.  ...

Making Sense of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Freeport, Ill.--- Decades of research have clearly demonstrated the connection between diet and health. Today, diet-related chronic diseases, including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, obesity, and certain cancers, remain leading causes of death, disability, and...

Spread the Sweetness: From Fruit to Finish
FREEPORT, Ill.-- Strawberry season is right around the corner, and there’s nothing quite like the taste of fresh-picked strawberries. These naturally sweet berries are packed with vitamin C, fiber, and antioxidants, making them as nutritious as they are delicious. If you find...