5 Tips for Safer Holiday Food

One of the most common things to do during the holiday season is prepare food. Here are some tips for safer holiday food. 1. Wash your hands...

Twelve ways to have a healthy holiday season

US CDC offers 12 simple tips for staying health this holiday season and all year long: Wash hands often to help prevent the spread of germs....

Cluster of E. coli cases in Washington and Oregon

An outbreak of E. coli cases in Washington and Oregon has led to the voluntary closure of Chipotle restaurants. While the source of the con...

Mushroom Hunting Safety

Mushroom hunting (also known as foraging) can be a fun and rewarding outdoor activity for people of all ages. Once regarded as a strange and...

Tips for storing, cleaning, and preparing fresh produce

Fresh produce is a treasured gift of the summer season. You may have heard of people getting sick from eating contaminated produce. It can h...

How to reduce risk of Salmonella with backyard flocks

Keeping chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys can be a lot of fun, educational for kids, and offer tasty and nutritious eggs or poultry meat. ...

Farmers Market season, here we come!

In Thurston County, we are lucky to have multiple local Farmers Markets at our finger tips. Strolling through the aisles of booths full of c...

Guest blog: World Health Day 2015: Food safety

Today’s guest blog, from the Pan American Health Organization , is in recognition of World Health Day .  This year’s event focuses on food s...

Healthy Holidays: Foodborne illness – Bah, humbug!

Nothing ruins the holiday festivities quite like becoming ill from a delicious holiday feast. It just seems so wrong! It doesn’t have to hap...

Healthy Holidays: Give Thanks for Environmental Health

There are so many things to be thankful for; some of them that we may not even notice. Advances in environmental health have made our daily ...

Food Safety for Bake Sales

Bake sales are a popular way for organizations to raise money. Who can say no to delicious homemade baked goods for a good cause? When the ...

Common Sense Gardening: 6 Quick Tips for Vegetable Gardens

  There is nothing quite like growing and eating your own fresh produce. Growing vegetables isn’t always easy, but they are absolutely wort...