News Archive: Family Consumer Sciences
A parking lot garden feeds mind, body and soul
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 13, 2015
Everything changed once the garden went in at St. James Place in Lexington.
UK Cooperative Extension agent named Professional of the Year
Published on Nov. 6, 2015
Howard is an FCS extension agent in Clay County.
UK denim drive underway
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 1, 2015
Donate your blue for a good cause. Members of the UK Retailing and Tourism Management Club are collecting used denim to benefit families in need of housing.
Walk, run, bike, explore proposed Town Branch Water Walk
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Sep. 18, 2015
The second of three livableLex 2nd Sunday Town Branch Water Walks in Lexington this fall takes place Oct. 11 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET.
Ann Vail named College of Social Work Interim Dean
By
Carl Nathe
Published on Aug. 28, 2015
Vail will continue to serve as the college's director of the School of Human Environmental Sciences while she assumes her new responsibilities.
Creative programs in food deserts
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Aug. 10, 2015
Creative programs in food deserts teach valuable lessons
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Aug. 10, 2015
Nutirtion education and community gardens teach kids healthy ways to eat.
Grants available to improve food insecurity for rural children
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Jul. 31, 2015
Grant funds will help lower instances of child food insecurity in persistently poor rural areas in 15 states.
Grant to empower women farmers, improve child nutrition in Ghana
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Jul. 20, 2015
Three UKAg professors received a grant to help local female farmers in the African country sell their food to schools.
Longest Day of Play makes a splash in Somerset
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Jul. 1, 2015
Pulaski County Cooperative Extension is part of a group that offers area young people the opportunity to jump into physical fitness at a local waterpark... for free.