Family & Consumer Sciences

Family and Consumer Sciences--formally known as Home Economics-- covers a variety of topics pertinent to family living. Family and Consumer Science agents deal with such topics as food and nutrition, food safety, housing, disaster preparedness, family financial management, child passenger safety, child development, family living, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, aging, and more.
Gayle Whitworth and Beth Shephard, Family & Consumer Sciences Agents, are available to make presentations at your civic, social or church meetings in the areas of housing, unintentional childhood injury prevent, family financial management and food and nutrition/food safety. There is no fee for these presentations and they can be tailored to fit your timeframe . . . (suggested time of 30-60 minutes each). Additional topics can be prepared for specific audiences. For information, contact Gayle Whitworth at 321-952-4536 or e-mail at gowhit@ufl.edu (housing and unintentional childhood injury prevention) or Beth Shephard at 321-633-1703 or e-mail at bshephar@ufl.edu (family financial management and food and nutrition/food safety).



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