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Holiday Food

Photo: Turkey feast     The 2008 Holiday Food Special Section offers tips to help you plan your holiday menu and maximize your time over the next few weeks.    

Read the news releases on Georgia FACES:

• Put a tasty turkey on the table this Thanksgiving
• Remembering troops with treats at the holidays
• Cooking with kids
• Don't wait too long to enjoy holiday leftovers
• Take the holidays but leave the turkey
• Holiday season more than meat
• Holiday meal tips: Lose extra fat, salt, sugar
• Time for turkey thawing, selection tips

Paramount Pumpkins

Photo: Matthew's 580.8-pound record-setting pumpkin For the past two years, Matthew Adams of Carroll, Co., has won the Georgia 4-H Pumpkin Growing Contest. This year's 468-pound pumpkin came in lighter than the record-setting 580.8-pound pumpkin (shown) he grew last year.

For more information about the Georgia 4-H statewide annual pumpkin contest, read the news release.

Living Well

Protect yourself and your children from diabetes

If you had gestational diabetes during pregnancy, you and your child have a greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes later in life. For more information, read the article.

Call 1-800-ASK-UGA1

Contact Cooperative Exteanion at 1-800-ASK-UGA1 Get answers to your questions about agriculture, the environment, youth, families and consumer topics by calling 1-800-ASK-UGA1.

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