Family and Community

Central Oregon Family and Community Development Program Deschutes County

The Family and Community Development program provides educational programs and information in the traditional areas of home economics including foods and nutrition, financial management, food preservation, child and family development, and parenting. In addition, there are 3 homemaker study groups representing 38 members which meet monthly for educational programs.

FoodSafety.gov

The new "www.FoodSafety.gov" web site is now available.   "www.FoodSafety.gov" is a "gateway" website designed to help the public find government food safety information more readily on the web.

"www.FoodSafety.gov" is an objective of the National Food Safety Initiative designed to help web users more readily find government information on food safety.

Selected Government Agencies with Responsibilities for Food Safety

• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition   FDA
• Food Safety and Inspection Service   USDA
• Environment Protection Agency
• National Center for Infectious Diseases   CDC

Other Web Sites:

• Food Preservation Hotline - 1-800-354-7319 -  Available July 15 to October 15.
• Food safety section of FCD
• USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning
• USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline - 1-888-674-6854 Web site:  www.fsis.usda.gov
• InteliHealth and Healthfinder
• Environmental Health
• Aging
• Finances
• Family Food Education Resource Notebook Fact Sheets

Click here for Deschutes County Governmental Web Page

For more information, please contact:

Position Vacant
Deschutes County Extension Service
Oregon State University
3893 SW Airport Way
Redmond OR 97756
Telephone:  541-548-6088 X17