Agrilife Extension Resources
Our resources help Texans learn healthy recipes and incorporate more nutritious foods into their diets. Whether you are looking for healthy dinner ideas or looking to identify a healthier ingredient to substitute, we have a statewide team of professionals ready to help you and your family find realistic solutions.
Related Departments: Food Science & Technology, Nutrition

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The Texas 4-H Family & Community Health Program provides a variety of resources and opportunities to learn about nutrition, interior design, consumer education and more.
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Balancing Food & Play (grades 3rd-5th) was developed to address children’s health issues by developing lifelong healthy behaviors through nutrition, physical activity, and family engagement.
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Health Talk Express looks to raise awareness about chronic disease reduction. These programs challenge the audience to practice a health-promoting behavior to lower disease risk.
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Better Living for Texans program provides research and evidence-based nutrition, health and wellness knowledge to empower individuals, families, and communities to make positive changes for healthier lives.
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Extension agents and local health professionals deliver diabetes programs primarily face-to-face with virtual programming when necessary.
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Launched in September 2015 in the 27 southern counties of the state, Healthy South Texas focuses on reducing high impact diseases and their consequences.
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EFNEP helps young families and youth with limited resources, those at risk to suffer from hunger, food insecurity, and the lack of available support systems.
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The Food Technology and Processing program provides resources and expertise for individuals interested in food processing for personal or commercial use.