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| 2066 - Accessing Nutritious Foods (general) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.3) | 46 |
Number of individuals reporting that they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmer’s markets, CSA’s WIC, Food Pantry) that offer healthy foods |
| 2066.4) | 0 |
Number of farmers markets accepting EBT cards |
| 2066.5) | 0 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers markets |
| 2066.6) | 11 |
Number of families who grew a garden this year |
| 2066.7) | 0 |
Number of first time growers or those who haven’t grown in five or more years |
| 2066.8) | 1 |
Number of restaurants/other institutions utilizing local foods as a result of Extension programming |
| 2066.2) | 137 |
Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods |
| 2066.1) | 39 |
Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved |
Author: Breanna Williams
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Through a partnership with the new Highland Village apartments in Highland Heights and the Campbell County Cooperative Extension Service Nutrition Education Program, ten seniors attended a 7 session series of the Healthy Choices for Every Body program. When asked by the Nutrition program assistant why participants signed up for the program, many participants expressed the newfound or ongoing difficulty of planning and cooking for one or two and instead resorted to convenience meals or eating out
Author: Breanna Williams
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Twenty-two Campbell County Middle School after-school program students, with the help of Nutrition Education Program Assistant of the Campbell County Cooperative Extension, learned new cooking skills and improved their healthy choices after completing the Teen Cuisine program. Some of the students have already spent some time in their kitchens at home, helping parents or caregivers with some of the basic steps in the cooking process. However, a number of the students have yet had the opportunity
Author: Breanna Williams
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
A newfound partnership between the Calvin A. Perry Community Center and a Campbell County Cooperative Extension program assistant resulted in a free nutrition education program available to the public. The willingness of six Campbell County residents to make a healthy change was evident on day one, but many expressed not having the knowledge or tools on where to begin to make that change. According to the USDA, there are an estimated 48 million food-borne illnesses and 3,000 related deaths each
Author: Melissa Pilcher
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Center for Employment Training is a program for individuals who are either previously employed or are under-employed and are seeking an education to improve their circumstances. More than half of the participants are over the age of thirty and one third of them are over forty. They spend a large amount of their time either working or in class, so personal nutrition and health often take a back seat. But twenty students chose to give up their lunch period once a week for five weeks to learn h
Author: Melissa Pilcher
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Campbell County Nutrition Education Program paraprofessional partnered with the Brighton Center to work with families who utilize their on-site food pantry. The focus was to use the Healthy Choices for Every Body program to find healthy recipes to use the food provided by the panty. Diet quality was definitely an issue with this group with five out of seven people reporting eating fast food on the first day of the program in spite of having concerns with various health issues including high
Author: Melissa Pilcher
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Brighton Center is a non-profit organization on a mission to create opportunities for individuals and families to reach self-sufficiency through family support services, education, employment, and leadership. Through a partnership with the Campbell County Extension Nutrition Education Program, over seventy five adults attended thirty plus classes last year. The classes held within seven different Brighton Center programs, reached seniors, single parents, preschool parents, food pantry and commod
Author: Melissa Pilcher
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Recently the on-site nurse for the Newport Aquarium reached out to the Campbell County Extension Nutrition Education Program to obtain healthy nutrition information for the two hundred plus employees. Over the course of the four month program, twenty six people gave up multiple lunch periods to attend the Healthy Choices for Every Body series. Other great initiatives started as a result of the program such as a walking club that met weekly to encourage more physical activity to go with the impro
