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Five Essential Rules of Cooking
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Eat Smart, Move More, Maintain, Don't Gain! Holiday Challenge
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Food Safety / Savvy Shopping / Crockpot Cooking Tuesdays
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Food Demo at the Farmer's Market
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4-H Summer Fun 2019
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Value-Added Dairy Conference, January 14-15, 2019!
Asheville, NC Download the conference brochure here. This conference will provide opportunities for dairy producers to learn more about on-farm processing …
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