Extension
It Starts With Us
Nutrition and Food Matters
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
FCS, AG, 4H, Hort
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Food Preservation
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Extension helps families gain access to food and to stretch food dollars; communities to decrease hunger; and local food assistance programs to educate recipients on healthy and safe food preparation methods. Family and Consumer Sciences agents are pivotal in training consumers and producers to maximize local access to farm-to-table food products.
According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention statistics:
•Kentucky adult obesity ranks among the 10 highest in the US
•Kentucky adults rank among the 10 highest for poor consumption of fruits and vegetables in the US
•Kentucky youth rank among the 10 highest for obesity in the US
•Kentucky ranks among the lowest for attempts to breast feed and duration of breastfeeding
Goals:
•Apply skills of food resource management, food safety, and food preparation to afford healthy, nutritious food choices.
•Kentucky population will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day
•More new mothers attempt to breast feed their babies and increase duration of breastfeeding to six weeks or more
•Kentuckians improve food management skills and healthy eating habits
•Youth will be food secure when school is not in session
•People accessing emergency food sources will select from nutrient dense items
Number who:
•Access more local foods
•Redeem Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program benefit.
•Plant, harvest and preserve produce
•Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety and healthy eating habits
Number of:
•New mothers utilize community services to support breastfeeding, such as WIC breast pump services
•Workplaces and other organizations adopt policies supporting new mothers’ attempts to breastfeed
•Youth who access other food sources when not in school
•Households accessing emergency food sources
•Understand the importance of sustainable local agriculture to individual health and financial well-being
•Learn to grow, prepare and preserve food
•Learn to incorporate unfamiliar foods or foods not currently eaten into a healthy diet
•New mothers and those who support them increase knowledge about the health and economic benefits of breastfeeding
•Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety and food resource management
•Learn about community support services to increase food security
Initial Outcome: Knowledge Gained
Indicator: Participants are able to recognize the difference between good and bad food preparation and eating habits
Method: Written or Oral Evaluation, Pre and Post Test
Timeline: Immediate
Intermediate Outcome: Behavior Change
Indicator: Making the choice to practice good behaviors including, purchasing healthy food to make meals at home, choosing healthier options when eating out, choosing to plant a garden, eating nutritious foods.
Method: Oral and Written Evaluations, Pre and Post Tests.
Timeline: 1-3 Years
Long-term Outcome: Changes in the health and lifestyles of Grant County residents
Indicator: Lower obesity rates, higher life longevity, and increased physical activity
Method: Noticeable changes in census data, health organizations data, and policy changes that promote healthy lifestyles and that address substance abuse.
Timeline: 10 years
Audience: Limited resource individuals and families, Families with children, Seniors, Youth, Volunteers, Farmer’s Markets, Local Schools
Project or Activity: Conduct demonstrations, classes and workshops, distribute information through media and social marketing, provide exhibits, displays, educational materials and curricula on topics including UK content and curriculum.
Content or Curriculum: •Farmer’s Markets•Gardening Programs•Food Preservation Programs•Food Preparation Programs•Local Food Systems (Farm to School, Farm to Institution)•KY Farm to School (F2S ) Curriculum•Literacy, Eating and Activity for Primary Youth Health (LEAP)•UK CES Nutrition Education Program
•Super Star Chef Goes to the Farmers Market•USDA materials
•Plate It Up KY Proud•Small Steps to Health and Wealth for Youth •Teen Cuisine •Organwise •Professor Popcorn•Grow It, Try It, Like It•Lunch from the Land
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agents, program assistants, specialists and volunteers, Kentucky CES publications and resources, CAFE faculty in; Nutrition and Food Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Animal and Food Science, Horticulture, Local organizations such as Ky Rivers Harvest
Date: Ongoing annual
Audience: Limited resource individuals and families, Families with children, Seniors, Youth, Volunteers, Farmer’s Markets, Local Schools
Project or Activity: Apply skills of food resource management, food safety, and food preparation to afford healthy, nutritious food choices
Content or Curriculum: •Home-based Microprocessing•Plate It Up KY Proud
•Food preparation programs•Food for Thought website•Champion Food Volunteers
•UK CES Nutrition Education Program•USDA materials•Steps to a Healthier Teen
Inputs:Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agents, program assistants, specialists and volunteers, Kentucky CES publications and resources, CAFE faculty in; Nutrition and Food Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Animal and Food Science, Horticulture
Date: Ongoing Annual
Audience: Community volunteers, local businesses, local citizens,
Project or Activity: Work with River Cities Harvest, a local organization that collects excess food for distribution to pantries, shelters, kitchens, etc. that then give it out or prepare and serve it to the hungry in the community.
Content or Curriculum: Organization specific
Inputs: Extension agent, some facilities, volunteers,
Date: Continuously
Audience: Limited resource individuals and families, Homemakers, Seniors, Shelter Occupants, Developmentally Challenged
Project or Activity: Conduct numerous demonstrations, classes and workshops
Content or Curriculum: Various materials from various sources including but not limited to: UK Meats Lab; Kentucky Cattlemen's Association, Pork Producers and Poultry Producers; Agent Developed; Life Skills Related to Cooking
Inputs: Recipes, Cuts of Meat Posters/Handouts
Date: 2019-20
Author: Lori Bowling
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Author: Rebecca Stahler
Major Program: 4-H Health Core Curriculum
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