NDSU Extension Service

Help Kids Choose Healthful Snacks

Snacks are a good way to include more fruits, vegetables and other nutritious food into your kids' diet. Providing healthful snacks doesn't have to be expensive, but you might have to do some planning to have on hand food they like and will eat.   

4-H'ers Win at State Fair

Each year, hundreds of 4-H members across North Dakota exhibit projects at the State Fair, demonstrating their skills in a wide variety of subjects, including livestock, horticulture, the environment and natural resources, crops, engineering, science and technolgy. They also bring home a number of awards. 

Food Preservation

Is your garden producing more fruits or vegetables than you can use now? Then preserve some to eat later. But don't let your experience become a health hazard because you didn't use a research-tested recipe or follow proper canning procedures. For more information on preserving food safely at home, see our food preservation publications. 

Operation: Military Kids

Operation: Military Kids camps have helped more than 100 children endure a family member's military deployment by allowing them to interact with each other and kids from nonmilitary families, learn about the life of a military service member in training, develop outdoor skills, try out technology such as digital photography and enjoy traditional camp activities. Five camps this year will help youth identify and discuss their feelings about their family member's deployment and develop coping skills.