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| 2066 - Accessing Nutritious Foods (general) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.3) | 311 |
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) | 157 |
Number of families who grew a garden this year |
| 2066.7) | 25 |
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 |
| 2066.2) | 496 |
Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods |
| 2066.1) | 496 |
Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved |
Author: Danielle Fairchild
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Lawrence County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) assistant partnered with Northeast Area Head Start to offer a series of nutrition classes to parents of preschool-aged children. The parent group met once a month throughout the school calendar year. In addition to teaching the seven required lessons, the SNAP-Ed assistant would also take a recipe sample for parents to try and encouraged them to prepare at home for their families.The participants improved their knowledge of
Author: Danielle Fairchild
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Lawrence County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) assistant partnered with the Family Resource Center at Louisa East and West Elementary Schools to provide the Healthy Choices for Every Body nutrition program for parents and/ or guardians of the children in the angel tree program. The seven required lessons were taught during the 2017 fall season. Recipe samples and kitchen reinforcements were provided during each lesson. The SNAP-Ed assistant enrolled and graduated 17 pare
Author: Danielle Fairchild
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Job Readiness Activities (JRA) group is a newpartnership as a result of visiting with the Lawrence County DCBS Office staffand attending a local Interagency Council meeting. Six adults enrolled andgraduated from the SNAP-Ed program.The Food and Physical Activity Exit Questionnaire showedthat 50% of participants improved in diet quality and ate more fruit andred/orange vegetables more often throughout the week. In addition, 67% ate darkgreen vegetables more often. Participants also repor
Author: Ruth Kirk
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Assistant partnered with Fallsburg Elementary School Family Resource Youth Service Coordinator (FRYSC) to offer the Healthy Choices for Everybody curriculum to parents. The FRYSC coordinator was looking for a series that would address nutrition, health, food safety, the importance of family mealtimes and planning meals. We all have heard the phrase “lead by example.” The Healthy Choices for Everybody curriculum provides parents wi
Author: Ruth Kirk
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Lawrence County Expanded Food Nutrition Assistant (EFNEP) partnered with the Job Readiness & Activity Instructor to offer the Healthy Choices for Everybody curriculum. The seven (7) required lessons were taught to four (4) participants including ten (10) total family members. With each lesson participants had a recipe sample and kitchen reinforcement item to compliment the lesson taught.As a result, 100% of participants practiced food safety more often; washing hands before preparing foo
Author: Danielle Fairchild
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Lawrence County Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP-Ed) assistant partnered with Trinity Christian Academy School to provide LEAP (Literacy, Eating and Activity for Preschool/Primary) to preschool-age children. The SNAP-Ed assistant visited two classrooms six times. During each visit, the SNAP-Ed assistant read a LEAP book; provided a healthy snack related to the story book; and provided a SNAP-Ed reinforcement item for each child to take home. A total of 35 preschoolers wer
Author: Alivia Faris
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
According to information collected from Kentucky Health fact 42% of adults in Lawrence County are in less than good health, which is almost twice as much as the Kentucky State average of 23%. This information has lead the Lawrence County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education to develop programming that focuses on healthier choices for better living. One notable program conducted based on the alarming statistic above was the Whole Grain Demonstration and Healthy Da
Author: Ruth Kirk
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
According to Feeding America, Lawrence County has a food insecurity rate of 17.3%. This alarming statistic means that 2,750 individuals do not know where their next meal is coming from. Lawrence County Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Assistant partnered with Louisa Elementary Family Resource Youth Service Center (FRYSC) Coordinator to educate parents who qualify for a free Thanksgiving basket. The educational programs consisted of nutrition, food safety, food security, food man
Author: Ruth Kirk
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Lawrence County childhood obesity rate is 19.5% compared to the State of Kentucky childhood obesity rate at 15.6%, according to Kids Count Data Center (2010). The Lawrence County Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Assistant taught Professor Popcorn to 3rd graders at Louisa East Elementary School. Two classes of 60 students enjoyed the lessons and were excited to try some new foods as well as trying the same foods in different forms (ex. grapes and raisins). After an evaluation
Author: Laura Maggard
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Horticulture therapy has been around for hundreds of years. This type of therapy first became acclaimed in the 1800’s and in the 1940’s and 1950’s, therapist used horticulture with post war veterans to help heal their mental and physical problems. Horticulture therapy is proven to help individuals of all ages and backgrounds to overcome addition, physical disabilities, and mental problems alike. Horticulture therapy assists with bringing individuals close to nature. Gardening l
