Several people showed off their cooking skills at the recent St. Helena Parish Cook-Off. Winners of this contest are listed here.

To celebrate its 75th year, the LSU AgCenter is offering commemorative items for sale.

Highlights of activities and programs presented by the St. Helena Extension office, funding and facts about the parish are given in this report to St. Helena Parish stakeholders.

The Little Bookshelf Program is designed to help parents foster a love of reading in their child from birth.

(Distributed 01/01/10) Cool-season bedding plants continue to be popular in Louisiana. Most home gardeners do more warm-weather flower gardening than cool-weather flower gardening, but we all need to realize we have many, great, cool-season flowers that will do well in our climate from mid-fall through late spring.

12 monthly fact sheets about reading to your baby during the first year of life. Each fact sheet shares the importance of reading to your baby as he/she develops.

(Distributed 12/01/09) The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA or FACT ACT) requires each of the credit bureaus to provide you with a free copy of your credit report each year. The big three bureaus have set up a central source where you can get your free annual credit report, according to Dr. Jeanette Tucker, LSU AgCenter family economics specialist.

These recipes were tested by leaders and youth attending a recent overnight camping trip along the Bogue Chitto River.

This newsletter gives brief accounts of Youth Wetlands Week program activities. It also offers updates on events and gives resources and numerous links to other environmental sites.

This article describes the importance of reading to your baby and child.