Success StoryOur Challenge



Our Challenge

Author: Sherry Becknell

Planning Unit: Owsley County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

The Owsley County Extension Service partnered with Owsley County Elementary school with a second grade challenge. We all know how small children can become our pickiest eaters. What better way to encourage them to try different foods than to challenge them. With that being said we did just that and for six months the entire second grade had to keep a journal and try at least one new food per month. To my surprise it was a great success with participants trying and tasting new foods.


A total of 52 kids accepted the Hello Bite challenge and 41 out of the 52 followed the program to the end. Each month a new food was provided by the Owsley County Extension Office for taste testing. The kids that was hesitant in the beginning were freely tasting the new foods by the end of the program. Parents were asking what fruits were tasted because their children was asking for them at home. Just give it a Hello Bite. 






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