Author: Emily Matthews
Planning Unit: Barren County CES
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The Barren County Cooperative Extension SNAP-education program assistant partnered with the family self-sufficiency coordinator from Housing Authority of Glasgow to offer a Children’s cooking camp. According to Feeding America, 21.2% of children in Barren County, Kentucky are food insecure. To help combat this issue, the Teen Cuisine program was conducted during a 3 day period over fall break.
Teen Cuisine teaches self-sufficiency in the kitchen while also promoting healthy habits. At the end of the 3-day camp, 9 of the 12 kid cuisine camp participants graduated and showed 89% improvement in frequency of tasting new foods and 80% improvement of putting cold food back in the refrigerator right away and a 75% improvement in frequency of eating vegetables as a snack.
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