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| 2066 - Nutrition and Food Systems General | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.1) | 0 |
Number of individuals who reported eating 4-6 servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily |
| 2066.2) | 0 |
Number of individuals who reported they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmers’ markets, CSAs, WIC, food pantries) that offer healthy foods |
| 2066.5) | 10 |
Number of individuals who reported increased knowledge, skills, or intentions related to using the nutrition facts label |
| 2066.4) | 0 |
Number of families/caregivers who reported supplementing their diets with healthy foods that they grew or preserved (community or backyard gardens, fishing, hunting, farmers markets) |
| 2066.3) | 0 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC, or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers’ markets |
Author: Lorie Dunn
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Grant County KY has an adult obesity rate of 35.6%. Seniors were experiencing additional struggles due to isolation from staying home because of the COVID pandemic. The Grant County Nutrition Education Program, and the Meadowview Housing Authority collaborated to offer a series of virtual classes using the Healthy Choices Curriculum. Classes were offered weekly, In-person at the Housing Authority office. The SNAP-Ed assistant offered one class each week from the Healthy Choice
Author: Lorie Dunn
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Our local schools have not been able to have in person family activities this year due to COVID restrictions. As an alternative, the Healthy Choices curriculum was offered virtually to parents and their children prepared the curriculum recipes together with their parents after the lesson. The SNAP Nutrition Education Senior Assistant from Grant County, along with the Family Resource Center Directors from Sherman, Dry Ridge and Crittenden Mount Zion Elementary Schools, offered a serie
Author: Lorie Dunn
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Currently 12.8% of Kentuckians live in poverty. Many of these families receive assistance from local food pantries in addition to SNAP benefits. Hunters for the Hungry provides many of these pantries with wild game but many families do not know how to prepare it. The Grant County Nutrition Education program, Grant County 4-H, UK Department of Agriculture and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife collaborated to present a two month long Cook Wild for Grant County program. The classes
Author: Lorie Dunn
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Kentucky has a youth obesity rate of 23.8% in youth ages 10-17 and 18.9% of all Kentucky’s children are food insecure. Grant County Nutrition Education in cooperation with Williamstown Independent School, Grant County Schools, Grant County Family and Consumer Science program, Homemaker volunteers and Spears Free Kitchen presented the Recipe for Life program. This is the first year since COVID 19 that students were able to go on a field trip and participate in Recipe for Life. &
