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Financial Management Class
money

Learn how to budget your family's funds during the holiday season.

Give Me 5 A Day
Give Me 5 A day

5 a day. That’s how many vegetables and fruits you need to eat each day. This illustrated children's nutrition book provides more information. (PDF Format Only)

Smart Choices: MyPyramid for Kids - Tips for Families
Tips for Families

Tips for eating right and exercising for families.

Improve Your Home and Profit; Make It Stronger, Safer, Smarter
Improve Your Home

Floods, hurricanes and soaring energy prices happen, but they don’t have to bust your budget, damage your home, rob your time or deny your comfort. You can make your home stronger, safer and smarter byincluding both energy-saving and hazard-resistant mprovements whenyou remodel or restore it.

Navigating the Affordable Mortgage Maze: Applying for a Mortgage Loan
Navigating the Affordable Mortgage Maze: Applying for a Mortgage Loan
This publication includes information on steps to take when applying for a mortgage loan. The publication covers the loan interview, required documentation, qualification, application, locking in the current rate, estimates, property appraisal, credit report, commitment letter, and loan denial.
West Nile Virus - A Mosquito-Borne Disease in Louisiana
fact sheet cover
Facts and information on the West Nile virus and how it's affecting Louisiana.
Living Well Newsletter
Living Well Newsletter
A quarterly newsletter from the LSU AgCenter's Family and Consumer Sciences Division.
Freezing Fruits
freezing fruits
You can enjoy the delicious flavor of fresh fruits year-round by freezing fruits and berries during the short season when they are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. Freezing will not improve the quality of any food but will maintain it if the procedures recommended in this publication are followed.
Freezing Vegetables
freezing vegetables
Freezing is one of the simplest and best ways to preserve vegetables. It is less time consuming than other methods, and the color, flavor, texture and nutritive value are much like the fresh product. This publication includes information on how to freeze your vegetables.
There's a Hurricane Forming... (includes tracking chart)
Hurricane Tracking Chart
It’s time to pull out your family disaster plan. Even if you don’t have one, there are still things you can do! Find tips on what to do when preparing for a hurricane, and Emergency Management Offices telephone numbers for selected Louisiana Parishes (most affected by hurricanes and tropical storms). It is designed to print on legal-sized paper.