Clemson Rural Health and Nutrition Extension - Anderson and Abbeville

11/05/2025

📢 Your local Clemson Extension office is a food drive drop-off site.

We’re collecting nonperishable food items to help support local families.

🕘 Offices are open Monday–Friday — stop by and make a difference!

Find your nearest office and check hours here:🔗https://www.clemson.edu/extension/co/

📢 Your local Clemson Extension office is a food drive drop-off site.
We’re collecting nonperishable food items to help support local families.
🕘 Offices are open Monday–Friday — stop by and make a difference!
Find your nearest office and check hours here:🔗https://www.clemson.edu/extension/co/

11/04/2025

🍂Harvest season is still in full swing and shelves are stocked with local produce!🍂
Look for the sign or head to certifiedsc.com to find some near you!

10/31/2025

Clemson University Cooperative Extension has developed a new Food Pantry Giving Guide to help individuals, families and organizations make healthy, meaningful food donations that support South Carolinians facing food insecurity.

10/28/2025

🧡🦃 Stirring Up Healthy Recipes
Hosted by: Clemson Extension Rural Health and Nutrition

Theme: Thanksgiving for 1 or 2
Looking for a cozy, diabetes-friendly way to celebrate the holidays? Join us for our next Stirring Up Healthy Recipes class — perfect for anyone cooking for just themselves or one other!

📅 Date: November 14th
🕛 Time: 12 PM EST
💻 Where: Zoom

We'll be cooking:
🍗 Oven-Roasted Turkey for Two
🥕 A vegetarian main dish
🥦 Tasty and simple side dishes
🍰 A diabetes-friendly dessert

Celebrate the season with flavor, fun, and smart nutrition. This free class is perfect for beginners and seasoned cooks alike!

The Rural Health and Nutrition Team with Clemson Extension hosts a healthy cooking class on the second Friday of every month @ 12:00 PM EST.

10/28/2025

We’re proud to celebrate🎉 our amazing agents — Bailee, Julianna, and Emily — for their regional win at the NEAFCS National Conference! 🏅 Their work in the School Wellness Division, in collaboration with the MUSC Boeing Center for Children's Wellness and the School-Based Wellness Initiative, continues to make a lasting impact on student health and well-being.

08/28/2025

08/14/2025

🥦 Grow it. Cook it. Love it!
Join us for our FREE Growing Health workshop where you’ll learn how to grow your own fresh, delicious broccoli 🌱 — and discover a tasty new recipe to enjoy it!
We’ll provide:
✔️ A broccoli plant
✔️ Soil
✔️ A grow bag
✔️ A comfy knee pad for gardening
Bring your curiosity, leave with your own mini garden AND a recipe you can’t wait to try. 🥦🍴
📅 August 28, 2025 From 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 1428 Pearman Dairy Rd. Anderson, SC 29625
💲 FREE to attend — spots are limited! Sign up below using the link!

Empowering South Carolinians to live healthier lives through connecting them from plant to plate.

07/14/2025

Join us tomorrow at 5PM for Growing Health at the Pendleton Library!

Horticulture Extension Agent Samantha Brown will be discussing growing strategies for cultivating summer squash.
Rural Health and Nutrition Extension Agent Julianna Lyle will discuss the health benefits and prepare a healthy recipe using summertime squash!

Click the link to register!

The Anderson County Library System is dedicated to providing access to information of all types and facilities for education, recreation, and personal development to the County’s residents.

04/07/2025

Join us on April 29th at 5 PM at the Pendleton Library with Anderson County Library System for Growing Health.

This 1-hour class focuses on growing your own vegetables and understanding their nutrition! Sign up at: https://www.andersonlibrary.org/event/growing-health-45909

04/01/2025

Spring produce is starting to fill the shelves! Look for the logo at your local grocery stores, farmers' markets, and roadside stands to help support South Carolina's farmers!

03/17/2025

Do you follow the Plate Method? It’s the preferred nutrition method for diabetes self-management. It includes filling half of your plate with non-starchy vegetables, a quarter of your plate with lean protein, and a quarter of your plate with a carbohydrate.

See an example below!

For information like this and more, consider joining our Health Extension for Diabetes program. New classes start at the end of March/ beginning of April! Sign up by clicking the picture!

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