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Extension Educator : Family and Consumer Sciences/Nutrition Education
You can send e-mail to me by clicking on my name.
What is the Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)?
EFNEP is a free community program for limited income families who want to learn how to improve their family's nutrition and eating habits. The cost of feeding a family well is high and balancing meals can be tiring. The EFNEP program will give you new ideas for healthy, economical cooking and eating.
What Type of Programs Do You Offer?
EFNEP offers over 200 programs that include but are not limited to:
| Stretching Your Food Dollars: Creative cooking ideas to keep you going for a month, creative and easy recipe ideas, basic cooking, food preparation techniques and food safety | Picky, Picky Eaters...Help!: Lots of solutions for the picky eating child |
| Variety Counts: Basic food groups, number of servings and serving sizes | Breakfast Bonanza: Quick and easy ways to start your day with nutritious blender drinks, muffins, etc. |
| Soup's On: An easy way to get your family to eat a variety of foods and incorporate leftovers | Creative Casseroles: Make use of foods on hand and learn to make your own mixes and helpers |
| Eating Right for 2-My Baby and Me: | Some Strange and Unusual Vegetables I have Met and Learned to Love: New ones or old ones in a new exciting way |
| Food Choices Not Changes: Less fat and sugar, more fiber and nutrient-dense foods | 50 Ways to Leave Your Blubber |
How Can I Participate in the EFNEP Program?
Programs can be conducted in small home-based groups, an agency, community center or at a church group. You learn by participating in at least 6 hands-on food demonstartions/activity lessons with over 200 topics to choose from.
Call Deidre Betancourt for more details at 330-928-4769 ext.19 if you or someone else you know would like to participate in this fun and exciting program!!!
The Nutrition Educators for Stark, Summit & Mahoning Counties
| Stark County Melinda Crown Kathleen Meneses Summit County Mahoning County |
Links to Helpful Web Sites
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Food and Drug Administration Home Page
Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data
The Food Resource - Nutritional-Related Information
Welcome to The American Dietetic Association on the Net!
Healthfinder - consumer health information
National Network for Family Resiliency Parenting Site
Ohio State University Extension Family & Consumer Sciences
The College Of Human Ecology at The Ohio State University
The National Assoc. For Family & Community Education
Welcome to The American Dietetic Association on the Net!
