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Sure, medicines are great for preventing and addressing health problems, but one Brookhaven resident is using a different approach—eating healthier.
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Sure, medicines are great for preventing and addressing health problems, but one Brookhaven resident is using a different approach—eating healthier.
Mississippi State University will host two events this fall promoting agricultural education with an emphasis on dairy production.
When Union County 4-H’er Aubri Hutcheson signed up for slingshot in Mississippi 4-H’s Shooting Sports program over the summer, she just wanted to try something new.
Cooking for one or two can sometimes be tricky. Many recipes are designed for families or groups. What if you live alone or are empty nesters?
Help kids focus and power through assignments with nutritious, quick bites.
Adults across the state are learning about cooking and nutrition through some hands-on training provided by the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Cooking Matters for Adults is a six-week program that helps adults eat better and make food budgets last longer. It launched in 2018 as an educational complement to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education, or SNAP-Ed, and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, or EFNEP. It is continuing despite recent federal budget cuts.
Harvest ended a year of ups and downs for Mississippi’s rice producers, with acreage up but average yield down because of numerous challenges.
Nearly all of the state’s rice crop was harvested by late September. Mississippi growers harvested about 156,000 acres of rice this year, up about 25,000 acres from 2024.
There is an unusual looking plant with a descriptive name that performs well in shade gardens in the state.
The tractor seat plant has oversized, thick and leathery foliage shaped like the curved iron seats once found on old tractors. Known also as leopard plant, the Farfugium japonicum is native to the stream banks, moist woodlands and coastal regions of Japan and eastern Asia.
Recognizing the symptoms of tick-borne diseases can help you get treatment quickly and reduce the possibility of serious illness if you are bitten.
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Triatomine insects are not new to the United States, but they’ve recently gotten a lot of attention because of their ability to transmit a rare, but serious disease.