Extension
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| 2066 - Nutrition and Food Systems General | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.3) | 3890 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC, or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers’ markets |
| 2066.4) | 42 |
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) |
| 2066.5) | 25 |
Number of individuals who reported increased knowledge, skills, or intentions related to using the nutrition facts label |
| 2066.2) | 345 |
Number of individuals who reported they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmers’ markets, CSAs, WIC, food pantries) that offer healthy foods |
| 2066.1) | 78 |
Number of individuals who reported eating 4-6 servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily |
Author: Cheryl Owens
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
2020, COVID-19. All kinds of uncertainty/changes. Changes in the way we live, visit others, run errands, go to work, travel, etc, but most of all the way we think.Dealing with FEAR and the UNKNOWN… a time when more than any other in one’s lifetime, a person’s job was either defined as, “Essential,” or “Non-essential. ”During this time, EXTENSION has become more importantly an ESSENTIAL FIGURE! This year brings full circle several things many could
Author: Cheryl Owens
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Whitley County Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) Assistant, understands the importance of being accessible to the clients of the Nutrition Education Program (NEP), and was feeling a bit detached from clients due to the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020. She knew her computer skills definitely needed some improvement, but up until COVID-19, she didn’t really think much of it, due to her job being more of an “in-person” “hands-on” instruction type teaching met
Author: Cheryl Owens
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
In Whitley County, there are several Grandparents raising their grandchildren. This brought about much discussion, planning and the start of a group of them that meet on a monthly basis, throughout the year with the exception of the month of August. Several community partners get together to help make this possible, and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Assistant (EFNEP) of the Whitley County Extension Office, has been able to enroll clients and collaborate with the different partners
Author: Cheryl Owens
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
For years, the EFNEP Assistant has tried to encourage the use of planting a garden at the rehab facility she is currently partnering with. The different directors of the rehab would consider it, but it has never quite become a reality. There has always been something to get in the way of this being accomplished and it would be moved to the back burner until a better time, which still only a small part has come to fruition, with the delivery of the Fall Victory Garden packets delivere
