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| 2066 - Accessing Nutritious Foods (general) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.1) | 125 |
Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved |
| 2066.2) | 250 |
Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods |
| 2066.3) | 675 |
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) | 2 |
Number of farmers markets accepting EBT cards |
| 2066.5) | 0 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers markets |
| 2066.6) | 150 |
Number of families who grew a garden this year |
| 2066.7) | 20 |
Number of first time growers or those who haven’t grown in five or more years |
| 2066.8) | 0 |
Number of restaurants/other institutions utilizing local foods as a result of Extension programming |
Author: Gwen O'Cull
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Volunteers are the back bone of any successful program. One example is the Fleming County Back Pack program. This program was started in 2000, by the of Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program and Fleming County Extension Service. The Back Pack Program continues to grow due to the support of local community volunteers partnering with the Fleming County Extension Service and the Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) assistant. This program serves stu
Author: Gwen O'Cull
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Comprehend is a Mental Health and Substance Abuse Outpatient Services, made up of men and women, who are court appointed, that meets twice a week with counselors. The Fleming County Extension and Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program Assistant (EFNEP) program, was invited to come in once a week and help them with their nutritional needs Addiction can lead to an unhealthy lifestyle. This group changes every three months when the class graduates from the program. Healthy Cho
Author: Gwen O'Cull
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Self esteem is critical in the growing years of children, especially females. Fleming County Extension EFNEP Assistant and staff work with our local Elementary Schools and hosts an after school program called Healthy Divas for 12 weeks. This program is open for any 5 and 6 grade girls at risk or not in any other school activity. The Program Assistant leads this program every week with the help of her Agent, School Principal, and Family Resource Center at the school. This past year there wer
Author: Barbara Campbell
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
~~Participants of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren group meet monthly with the SNAP-Ed assistant in Fleming County. With the focus being on lack of exercise of the grandchildren and how to get them up going, lessons from the Healthy Choices for Every Body curriculum and suggestions from the Teen Cuisine Leaders Guide were combined and discussed with the class by the Nutrition Education Assistant along with the Family Focus Resource Coordinator. Before the class ended participants we
Author: Gwen O'Cull
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Fleming County Extension (EFNEP) Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program Assistant and staff worked with Ward Elementary School once a month with a reading program for their students and parentsExpanded Food Nutrition Education Program Assistant, shared stories with the children and their parents, then help the children follow a recipe to do a cooking activity. Some of the recipe taught the children how to make vegetable pizza, milkshakes, deviled eggs, strawberry jam. The books an
Author: Barbara Campbell
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
In Fleming County the SNAP-Ed assistant and the Family and Consumer Sciences agent held a ten month class called, “Being Well by Design.” The class focused on “Building a Healthy Lifestyle for Yourself and Enhancing Your Happiness.”The meetings where held the same day of the week each month at one of the local churches in the county. The attendance ranged from 4 to 8 people monthly. After the FCS agent did the lesson she had planned the SNAP assistant went over a lesson t
Author: Barbara Campbell
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Fleming County has four Elementary Schools, one of those four has a new program called Friday Club Day. The Fleming County Snap-Ed assistant, along with help from a volunteer, is teaching a Beginning Cooking Class during the club time. The name of the class is Pirate Pioneers (because they are pioneers in cooking). The ages for the classes are 3rd thru 6th grades for the morning class of 18 students and Kindergarten thru 2nd grade for the afternoon class of 12 students.Each Friday before doing a
Author: Barbara Campbell
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Fresh is BestThe SNAP-Ed Assistant in Fleming County collaborates with the local Save-A-Lot grocery store at least six times a year to set up an educational display, share food samples and recipes. The assistant tries to always prepare a recipe so the items can be purchased at the Save-A-Lot store, and suggests buying fresh produce whenever possible.It was during one of these collaborations that a food safety display along with the “Summer Fruit Salad” recipe from the Healthy Choices
