Extension office opens doors for all

Our feeling is that most people take it for granted that when they go to the grocery store they will find meat, vegetables and other items they all need to make dinner.

We doubt that anybody pauses to think about how that pork chop, steak, potato, broccoli, beans or peas made it to the store. We also take it for granted there will be a blackberry pie and ice cream in the freezer section.

It's kind of like putting your garbage can at the street the night before pickup; out of site, out of mind.

Anthony Wiggins, Escambia County's extension coordinator, appeared before the commission Monday in...