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Author: Nola Janeen Tramble
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Situation: Eating more fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating more produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to change. It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption.Educational Response: A social marketing program to promote healthy, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered virtually by the Crittend
Author: Sharee Schoonover
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Livingston County 4-H partnered with the Family First Resource Center to provide supplies for their annual Thanksgiving Basket program. There were a total of 45 families served through Livingston County High School, Livingston County Middle School, Livingston County North Elementary, and Livingston County South Elementary. Several community partners and student organizations donated food such as turkey, green beans, cornmeal, stuffing, and other dinner supplies. Extension was able to provide rec
Author: Angie York
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Eating more fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating more produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to change. It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption.A social marketing program to promote healthier, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered at the Lyon County Cooperative Extension Office with 28 total
Author: Luke Fries
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Performing face-to-face and in-person programming for the benefit of the Nelson County Community has been a hallmark of Cooperative Extension programs for over 100 years. In the year 2020, making in-person meetings to help inspire life-skill development was an enormous challenge. Lunch @ The Pantry is one program that continued, with extra safety precautions, throughout the middle part of 2020. The FCS Extension Agent in Nelson County has garnered a long-withstanding partnershi
Author: Kayla Walton
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
The Menifee County Family and Consumer Sciences agent, in collaboration with the Snap-ed assistant, hosted a virtual “Cook Together, Eat Together” program. Six families registered and participated in three virtual cooking socials. Families who registered were provided with meal kits that they picked up from the extension office before the virtual meeting. Meal kits included all ingredients needed to prepare the recipes in approximate portion sizes, along with a copy of the recipe. Wi
Author: Jennifer Bridge
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Eating more fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating more produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to change. It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption. A social marketing program to promote more healthy, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered at the Meade County Cooperative Extension off
Author: Jill Harris
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption, which is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Cook Together, Eat Together, a social marketing program to promote more healthy, home-cooked family meals was offered virtually once a week for 8 weeks by the Todd County Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Agent. A variety of food preparation methods, knife skills, adapting recipes, and food safe
Author: Janet Mullins
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Making half your plate fruits and vegetables is one of the most potent ways Americans can eat a healthier diet. However, making this dietary change in the current food environment is challenging, especially in regard to vegetable consumption. In 2012, a proposal for a social marketing project to promote healthy, home cooked meals was developed for limited resource families with young children. Over the next five years, two pilot test waves were conducted. Iterative monitoring, evaluation, and re
Author: Lora Pullin
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Eating more fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating more produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to change. It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption. A social marketing program to promote healthier, home cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat To
