Friday, December 12, 2025

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...