Food PreparationMajor Program

6326

Total Hours

Contributed.

29219

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

17

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

1057

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals reporting improved knowledge, opinions, skills, or aspirations regarding the safe storage, handling, and preparation of food

13739

Number of individuals who demonstrated safe handling and preparation of food

8024

Number of individuals who report intention to cook more

9581

Number of individuals who report preparing more healthy home cooked meals

7570

Stories

Basics in the Kitchen

The Graves County Cooperative Extension Service partnered with the Mayfield Middle and Mayfield Highs schools 21st Century Programs to teach Basics in the Kitchen from the fall to spring of the school year. Culinary classes occurred weekly at the high school and every other week at the middle school. The emphasis in teaching was on measuring correctly, using a knife, food safety, my Plate, microwave cooking skills and other hands-on cooking skills utilizing low cost ingredients that could easily...

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Basics in the Kitchen

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    SituationAs a new agent in the county I wanted to offer programs to bring people into the office and to get to know people in the community. Also, our EFNEP assistant had recently retired so there was... Read More

  • Cooking 101 - the Road to Excellence

    Cooking 101 was developed and implemented at the direction of the Family and Consumer Science (FCS) extension council. Members of the council discussed that eating at home with the family unit promote... Read More

  • Sourdough Bread Workshops

    Due to an increasing interest in heritage skills, the Perry County Cooperative Extension Service set out to address one of these needs. Many individuals and agencies teach current, trendy classes, but... Read More

  • Breaking a Few Eggs

    A recent study in U.S. children aged 7-13 years examined the relationship between MPOD and measures of cognitive function. The researchers hypothesized that macular pigment would be beneficially assoc... Read More

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