Martin County Supplemental Nutrition Education Program partnered with Sheldon Clark High Schools Culinary Class to teach high school students a 6 topic Teen Cuisine program. From the pre-program evaluation, majority of the students lacked knowledge of correct food safety practices and proper hand-washing techniques.  

To address the issue, each topic focused on food safety and hand-washing to ensure these two important practices of cooking are being done correctly. Also, hands-on educational tools were used, such as the Glo-Germ kit to demonstrate how easily germs are spread.

As a result of this program, 100% of participants gained knowledge about food safety and hand-washing techniques. 22 out of 24 or 92% of students now use safe food handling practices more often especially when cooking. In addition, one student stated “because of our teen cuisine classes and glo germ, she now carries hand sanitizer and washes her hands more often.”