Agriculture

The 2015-2020 dietary guidelines have just been released.  They are designed to provide a clear path to help Americans eat healthfully.  
Here is what they say:
A lifetime of healthy eating helps to prevent chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes.
Healthy eating is one of the most powerful tools we have to reduce the onset of disease. The dietary guidelines recommendations can help you make informed choices about eating for you and your family.

By Levi Berg

As grilling vegetables is to summer, roasting vegetables is to winter.
Not only does the cooler weather make it a wonderful time to turn on the oven, but the vegetables available in the winter are practically designed to be roasted.
Most root vegetables, such as beets, parsnips, sweet potatoes, onions, turnips, potatoes and winter squash, are perfect for roasting.
The process of roasting brings out the natural sweetness of vegetables and intensifies their natural flavors.

Are you tired of starting the New Year with a pile of debt that remains from holiday shopping?
Perhaps you are looking for ways to reduce the stress associated with shopping during the holiday season and paying for gifts, greeting cards, postage, gift wrap, decorations, food, drink, travel, long distance phone calls and other items.
Although there is not much time left here are a few suggestions from our Extension specialists for stretching your holiday dollar and managing your money and resources throughout the season and into the New Year.