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| 2066 - Accessing Nutritious Foods (general) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.3) | 40 |
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) | 1 |
Number of farmers markets accepting EBT cards |
| 2066.5) | 0 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers markets |
| 2066.6) | 0 |
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) | 2 |
Number of restaurants/other institutions utilizing local foods as a result of Extension programming |
| 2066.2) | 82 |
Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods |
| 2066.1) | 20 |
Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved |
Author: Juanita Herron
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Marion County Extension office Expanded Food and Nutrition program assistant recently partnered with one of our local Elementary Schools. I was asked to come and teach the third grade class. I taught nutrition, the importance of reading nutritional labels and keeping food safe. I started my lesson by teaching about the food groups. I taught about the key nutrients that are in each of the food groups and why we need each one to be healthy. When I taught about the Nutrition Facts on the label
Author: Juanita Herron
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Every summer, the Marion County Cooperative Extension office partners with one of our local day cares. The class consisted of about 10-12 children each time we met. I worked with the children twice a month so we had about six teaching lessons with them. One particular young lady in this group was very shy and didn’t talk a lot. I never knew she was grasping all that I was teaching in the cooking class. Each time we met in cooking class we always went over food safety, keeping our hand
Author: Juanita Herron
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Marion County Cooperative Extension Office partnered with one of our local public housing authorities. I started a series of classes with our Healthy Choices for Every body curriculum. The program was offered once a month for families.At the beginning of each class, we would talked about what we learned from the previous month before. Sometimes the discussion would get a little lengthy, but then you realize that they were listening and practicing what they had learned. I would then start the les
Author: Juanita Herron
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Marion County Cooperative Extension office Expanded Food and Nutrition Program partnered with one of our local Elementary Schools for a Nutrition and Cooking demo class for students and their parents. I suggested that I come in and teach Healthy Choices for Everybody. This was a seven week class. I taught all of the seven required lessons. With each lesson we made one of the recipes that coincided with our lesson. We had a small group but each family was always excited to be at the class. I
Author: Danielle Ford
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Each year the 5th graders (303 this year to be exact) of the Marion County school district are able to participate in the Extension office’s Farm to Fork field day. This is one of my favorite field days that the office puts on each year. So many children still have no knowledge of where their food comes from or if they do then it might not be the correct information. Being raised a farm kid I always knew that I would someday have a career related to the Ag industry. Although I teach
