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Douglas County
UGA Extension Office

Family & Consumer Sciences

The program area of Family and Consumer Science (FACS) addresses the unique challenge of chronic illness prevention in our daily lives. Through programming involving areas of nutrition, food preservation, physical activity, financial management, home improvement and safety, and healthy relationship development FACS Agents work alongside their local communities to cultivate positive behavior changes and sustainability within Georgia. The Family and Consumer Science program area reached more than 800 people, providing information about healthy eating, chronic disease prevention, and food safety in 2019.

In the recent year, Dougls County FACS has conducted multiple nutrition seminars for the senior demographic, addressed the high incidence of senior fall accidents through physical activity and education programming, collaborated with Douglas County 4-H to empower youth cooking skills in a Farm-to-Fork food club, and has begun increased awareness and education efforts related to the increasingly present "silent killer" known as Radon which is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Checkout what FACS is up to and let us know how we can better help address chronic illness prevention in our local community.


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Providing You With Research-Based Information At Your Fingertips for the Many Facets of Your Life!

Food Preservation, Food Safety, Parenting, Housing, Financial Management & Healthy Eating Habits.

We now have pressure cooker test avaliable with our FACs Agent, by appointment only.  Please call to set up a time to have your pressure cooker tested.


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24/7 Tips to live a more active lifestyle, shop smarter, make healthier food choices, and cook delicious meals on a budget! Receive free kitchen and fitness items.

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Here are some of UGA Extension's most popular resources on family, food, health, home, and money.

UGA Extension Mental Well-being The UGA Extension Behavioral Health Team offers resources on emotional well-being, stress management and substance abuse prevention for farmers and farm families.
eLearning with UGA SNAP-Ed 24/7 Tips to live a more active lifestyle, shop smarter, make healthier food choices, and cook delicious meals on a budget! Receive free kitchen and fitness items.
Start a New Food Business A collection of resources to help you get started with your small food business.
Food Talk Eat healthy and get moving on a budget. Find free online nutrition education courses, recipes, and other resources.
Marriage Matters Series Looking for ways to strengthen your relationship? Whether you have just started dating, have been married for a while, or have been married more than once, we can always use some guidance in developing and maintaining a healthy and satisfying relationship.
Childcare Provider Training Entity-approved training to help child care providers meet state licensing requirements. Check the calendar for training events near you.
Your Good Credit Series Establishing, maintaining, and protecting Your Good Credit can save you thousands of dollars over time. This series will teach you the basics of credit reports and scores.
So Easy to Preserve This book covers topics on preserving food, canning, pickled products, sweet spreads and syrups, freezing and drying. Available for purchase only.
Eat Healthy, Be Active A flexible 3-week schedule of hands-on activities meant to improve young children's health and well-being by teaching key nutrition and physical activity concepts.
Radon Education Radon is a colorless, tasteless odorless gas that can cause lung cancer. It occurs naturally and is released into the soil, easily entering buildings through the foundation. The only way to know if you have radon is to test.
Building Baby's Brain Series What happens during a child's first few years makes a big difference in the child's later life. This series helps parents learn strategies to improve early brain development.
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