According to Kids Count Data Center, as of 2017, 20.2% of the county's population live with inadequate food security. These are children who live in households that at times lack access to enough food for healthy living or unreliable availability to nutritionally adequate foods. 

Livingston County 4-H is working to educated the county youth on culinary skills to include kitchen safety, knife skills, food preparation safety, nutrition diversity, and giving them the ability to try their skills at preparing meals at home for their families through CHOP CHOP magazine, It's My Plate Recipes, and the SNAP-Ed program. The CHOPPED Cooking Day Camp gave youth the knowledge and tools to take home and share with their households. 100% of the youth stated that they prepared meals at home using the skills they gained. 100% of the youth reported that they had gained confidence in the kitchen and in handling knives. 100% of the youth reported that they would repeat a recipe they learned at the day camp at home for their families. 

The program was very well received by the parents and the youth. Youth reported that they were eager to come to another cooking day camp in the future at the Cooperative Extension Service.