Author: Rachel Hance
Planning Unit: Logan County CES
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Plan of Work: Improve Nutrition, Health and Safety
Outcome: Initial Outcome
For the past few years, our extension staff has partnered to provide a community event to educate and invite our clients to the farmers’ market. This year’s event was Sweet Summertime at the Farmer’s Market drive-through event.
We targeted preschool through middle school youth. Each client received a bag with summer physical activity and healthy eating educational activities along with Farmers’ Market bucks to spend at the Farmers’ Market. 186 youth and 302 total individuals participated in the event and $ Farmers’ Market bucks were spent at the Farmers’ Market.
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