Saturday, October 7, 2017

Buy Local, Eat Local - Know your food footprint

Indiana Extension Homemakers are focusing on what their food footprint is.  Often we go to our local grocery store and purchase foods to feed our family, some of it comes a long way from the field or ranch to our plates.  Homemakers are focusing on getting to know more about our food sources and being intentionally when we purchase or raise our foods.  Take up this challenge with us, try to buy foods and eat foods that were raised within a 100 mile radius from home.  So visit your local butcher, farmer's market, garden produce stands, community co-ops, community gardens, neighbor's shared bounty or even your own produce and meats and eggs.  When you do, note how far away that food was raised, and what you did with it and when you and your family consumed it.  Eating out?  Try to find a restaurant that focuses on locally grown foods.  Use this handy guide to help you keep track.

Please send completed forms to the Randolph County Extension Office;
Attention Extension Homemakers
Purdue Extension - Randolph County
1885 S US 27, Winchester, IN 47394-8425

You can send it anonymously.  But if you are an extension homemakers, please note your club name.

(Also available in pdf) 






Wednesday, October 4, 2017

October 2017 Calendar

Please contact the Randolph County Extension Office for more details about the October 9th Special Interest Lesson (Wreath Making Demo and Up-Cycling clothing).  

Purdue Extension - Randolph County
1885 S US 27, Winchester, IN 47394-8425
Phone: 765.584.2271   Fax: 765.584.2271

Want to know more about an extension homemakers' club?  Want to talk to someone about joining an existing extension homemakers' club?  Want to organize an extension homemakers' club with your family, friends and neighbors?  Contact Daron Monnin at the Extension Office or via e-mail dmonnin@purdue.edu.  

Monday, July 17, 2017

Fair Week 2017

We've been super busy in the kitchen and with open class.  We are so excited that this fair is underway and that the 4-Hers' projects are a success.  Way to go Randolph County Youth.  We are so proud of our kids.

And for those who entered the adult open class with projects, our county people are amazing, gifted and talented human beings!  Scroll down for photos.

We are totally amazed at how many shawls were turned in for the Threads of Compassion for the Indiana Donor Network.

We are giving away pieces of pie.  Visit our booth in Husted Hall next to the Open Class show area to enter.  Three names are being drawn each day, so enter daily to try and win.

Speaking of pie....here's what else we are serving for the week.

More pictures...