Home Economics
KSU Halloween Safety Tips
Fall is here with its grand display of beauty and splendor. Neighborhoods are getting ready for the season with pumpkins, flowers and ghouls. With that...
Home Economics
Managing Halloween and the candy monster
Think of Halloween as a great occasion to play dress-up extraordinaire, and try to take a moderate stand on the candy. Candy is mostly...
Home Economics
Test your smoke alarms – It could save your life
Sherry F. Nelson, LCSW, Human Development Specialist, Marion County, University of Missouri Extension
Each year more than 4,000 Americans lose their life to fire and...
Home Economics
What to do if your child worries too much
Lucy Schrader, former HES Associate State Specialist and Building Strong Families Program Coordinator, University of Missouri Extension
“My daughter worries at bedtime every night. She...
Home Economics
Pumpkin: jack-o’-lantern of all trades
By - Linda Geist, University of Missouri Extension
This fall millions of Americans will make an annual pilgrimage to a retail outlet to purchase a...
Home Economics
Storing Peppers from the Garden
Peppers are able to be stored fresh much longer than tomatoes. They can usually keep in a crisper drawer of a refrigerator for several...
Home Economics
Celebrating Kansas youth during National 4-H Week
4-H is built on a belief in the power of young people, that every child has valuable strengths and real influence to improve the...
Home Economics
Saving and investing go hand in hand
Story source: Robert Weagley, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair Emeritus, Personal Financial Planning, University of Missouri; Written by: Debbie Johnson, Communications Associate, University of...

