~~Parenting Nutrition Class

The Calloway County Cooperative Extension Service, Nutrition Education Program in collaboration with the Calloway Parenting Workgroup, offers four series of parenting classes each year. This parenting series are composed of six lessons each. The majority of the participants are low income families with school age children. On the 2010 Census, Calloway County population was of 37,191, of those 21.1 % persons live in poverty. The Nutrition lessons reached 37 residents during the year. The program utilized the “Healthy Choices Curriculum”.  The topics ranged from My Plate, Knowing the Limits, Planning Meals, Reading Labels, Budget, Food Safety and Breakfast. The participants had the opportunity to prepare several recipes. The recipes where chosen with the intention of demonstrating new ingredients and flavors that are easy and cost effective to use at home. In conclusion, participants who completed the program, left confident that they could prepare the recipes at home along with their children and expose them to new food ingredients that are accessible for them.