Do not use soap on fruits and vegetables or disinfectants on food packaged in cardboard or plastic wrap.

We can take steps to stay healthy by keeping our work environments a little cleaner.

A gift package filled with favorite foods can conjure up fond memories of home when you cannot be together during the holiday season.

Keep an appliance thermometer in your freezer and check it periodically.

Use research-tested recipes and proper canning methods.

Don’t take chances when preserving garden produce.

The COVID-19 pandemic may result in meat shortages at grocery stores.

She serves as the western area community health and nutrition specialist.

People cannot contract the swine flu by eating pork, experts say.