Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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STREET ADDRESS Caswell County 126 Court Square Agriculture Building Yanceyville, NC 27379 (336) 694-4158 Phone (336) 694-5930 Fax Map & Mailing Information Recent Tweets Want to try a new recipe for Thanksgiving? Watch Extension's Produce Lady for roasted butternut squash w/ fruit: [more] 
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Health & Nutrition Making healthy choices isn't always easy. North Carolina Cooperative Extension's educators help people sort fact from fad, providing research-based programs that promote a lifetime of good health. Programs cover a broad spectrum, from pesticide safety to indoor air quality, from childhood nutrition and physical activity to heart-healthy eating and food safety.  The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (formerly CSREES) Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is a unique program that currently operates in all 50 states and in American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It is designed to assist limited resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being. The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) reaches families with incomes at or below the poverty threshold, or families that qualify for federal food assistance programs (WIC, Food Stamps, TANF, Head Start, free or reduced school lunches) when these families have school-aged or younger children living at home. Pregnant women who qualify for WIC also qualify for EFNEP. What Participants Learn Nutrition Program Assistants (trained paraprofessionals) teach enrolled participants nutrition education. EFNEP participants who take part in the hands-on program use the knowledge they gain to break the cycle of poverty for their families. Society at large benefits from reduced infant mortality, lower health costs and the increased economic stability of families. The Nutrition Program Assistant utilizes the Eating Right Is Basic 3 (ERIB3) curriculum to teach small groups and individuals, both in the community and in their home. Participants learn to: · save money at the grocery store · cook from scratch · prepare healthy and tasty meals for their families · improve the diets of family members · keep food safe, reducing waste and food-borne illness · use leftovers As a result of their EFNEP experience, adults: · become better resource managers · improve decision-making skills · become more self-reliant For more information, please contact Betty Gentry, Extension EFNEP Program Assistant at 336-694-4158.
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