Extension provides North Dakotans with the knowledge and skills they need to improve their health, nutrition and quality of life.

Bacon is highly flavorful, so a sprinkle of bacon crumbles adds a lot of flavor to a baked potato or a spinach salad. To moderate your intake of sodium, try the reduced-sodium versions of bacon that are available.

Because the canned food industry was short on packaging and processing supplies during World War II, the frozen foods industry took great strides.

Look for ways to reduce heating costs.

Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension Service farm economist, has some items to note for your 2013 income tax preparation.

We do not have to leave our homes to exercise.

The NDSU Extension Service is celebrating 100 years in 2014.

Check your credit card activity online to see if there are any charges recorded that you or your family did not make.

The Family Nutrition Program provides tips to stretch your food budget.

Nourishing Boomers and Beyond offers strategies for eating healthfully and staying physically active.

Donating your hard-earned money or valuable time is the best holiday gift you can give to your community and yourself

Through workshops, participants will learn how to analyze what they need and want from health-care providers, compare plans, calculate how health insurance will affect their financial budgets, and apply the information and knowledge gained to make a smart health insurance choice.

Uncontrolled diabetes can result in serious complications, including heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputations and/or blindness, if not managed effectively.

Fraudsters are very effective at reaching and enticing vulnerable populations into turning over their money.

You can adapt many recipes to fit your current household size.

Breakfast skippers usually more than make up for the 300 or so calories skipped in the morning.

Recommendations change as scientists learn more about what is safe and what isn’t.

When high school graduates leave home for further education or a job, they get their long-awaited freedom from parents and family rules.

The NDSU Extension Service was interested in finding out if there are significant price differences among oil-impacted and nonoil-impacted areas of the state or by the size of the community or type of food business.

If you have children or grandchildren, you might be especially interested in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations.

North Dakota children are showing some progress in the education and health indicators but mixed results in the family and community indicator.

Start by determining how much your family has to spend on a vacation this summer.

The North Dakota 4-H Camp is upgrading facilities, expanding camping opportunities and building a multipurpose building.

What farmers and ranchers want to be careful about is letting their personal stresses pile up so that their management practices and decision-making become negatively affected.

The emotional and physical needs of those who are undergoing stress from weather conditions are sometimes forgotten during a crisis.

Food additives have been regulated for more than 100 years, dating back to the Food and Drug Act in 1906.

If roads become impassable, have a shelter plan in place.

It is likely that for some time, many adults may find themselves dealing with increased anxiety, sleep challenges, more fatigue, restless feelings or irritation, added physical concerns or feelings of loss and sadness.

Parents and adults provide an example for children, act as a resource in helping children cope, and give guidance and support in managing emotions.

The news reports may not be intended to alarm children, but the 24-hour media coverage, as well as parents and other adults around them watching the television screen and discussing the tragedy, makes it virtually impossible to shield children from the fact that the adults in their life are concerned and upset.