Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Sherry Ragsdale
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
In a seven-week program, 6 Oldham County limited resource families, with a total of 22 participants, learned how to prepare healthier meals together at home. The Oldham County Expanded Food and Nutrition Senior Assistant partnered with the Family Resource Coordinators at three elementary schools in Oldham County for students and their parents. Students learned about nutrition, basic kitchen skills, and preparing easy healthy recipes with their parents. Parents learned about mea
Author: Denise Wooley
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 budget-friendly, nutritious, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered by the Graves County Extension O
Author: Jessica Hunley
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Children are being raised in homes where traditional cooking skills are not being taught to our next generations. Our culture and fast paced society does not lend to family meal time and time spent teaching life skills to children, this includes young adults as well as young children. In response to this issue, Madison County FCS has started a monthly family cooking program where parents can bring their children and prepare healthy and tasty meals. The program is based around t
Author: Lora Davidson
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
A social marketing program to promote healthier, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered at the Laurel County Cooperative Extension Office multiple times throughout the year. The goal is to reach as many families as possible to encourage eating more fruits and vegetables and to follow behavior changes. A total of 71 individuals have participated in the program. As a result of the program, 94% of participants reported eating more healthy foods such as whole
