The Mecklenburg County Cooperative Extension Service Family & Consumer Sciences program is seeking 10 - 15 interested community members to volunteer as a part of the new Master Food Volunteer (MFV) pilot program with fourteen other counties from across the state. The MFV program, similar to the highly recognized Extension Master Gardener Volunteer (EMGV) program, is designed to provide volunteers the opportunity to support Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) agents with food-related programming. 

In addition to assisting the FCS Extension Agent, the program will provide citizens with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in: 

• Leadership 
• Community Engagement
• Local Foods
• Food Literacy
• and more!

Have you noticed that each decade that passes holds new possibilities? Well it's the same with foods and giving your body the right nutrients for success.

 

If you are in your 20's, this is the time for young women to build bone. Women should be getting as much calcium as they can (about 1,000 milligrams per day) to really help store bone building materials for when it depletes later in life. Dairy products, cereals, beans and leafy greens can provide the body with calcium rich vitamins needed for that healthy bone growth. So ladies, build up while you can and enjoy your twenties!
 

Thirty, flirty and thriving! If you are in this decade, some women might be considering starting a family, so the importance of folic acid is critical. Either supplements or foods such as fruits, vegetables and grains that are 
high in folate can help with getting the proper amount needed for a healthy pregnancy. Read more