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Tips for Creating Balanced Meals

Creating balanced meals for your family doesn’t have to be difficult or overwhelming. With the help of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, you can build healthy, nutritious meals for your family.

The contents of one toolkit, including a homemade fire-breathing dragon cup, various literature on parental self-care, strategies for emotion regulation and directions for crafts that support hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, along with a coffee mug, essential oils, handheld pinwheel, a stress ball and bubbles.

Feature Story

Extension program provides trauma education, intervention

A butterfly sits on a yellow flower bloom.

Feature Story

Small gardens can support pollinators with nectar, pollen

Rice grows in a dry field with cracks in the ground.

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State farmers change way they grow rice

An arch over a road is covered in a vine with purple blooms.

Southern Gardening

Jackson cemetery is a beautiful garden

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Extension Matters Volume 12 Number 1

Choosing to Lead

Maila Rogers experienced firsthand the impact Mississippi 4-H can have on a young person’s life. As a former Tallahatchie County 4-H’er, she overcame bullying at school, made real friends in 4-H, and found community and support as she learned by doing in 4-H.

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