Community Nutrition

Nutrition education courses that last 4 to 6 weeks, for 1 to 2 hours per week. These classes include nutrition lessons, cooking demonstrations, food samplings, give-aways and a workbook. Classes include:

• Healthy Living for Adults: Geared towards adults of any age, participants learn how to incorporate the components of a healthy diet, physical activity and budgeting tips into their daily lives.
• Healthy Living for Adults Part 2: Building upon information covered in the previous series, topics include cooking for one or two, utilizing all forms of fruits and vegetables (fresh, frozen, canned) and meal planning for chronic diseases.
• Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters: Geared towards families and caretakers with school age children and younger, participants learn the basics of a healthy diet, tips for getting kids involved in the kitchen, ideas on how to stay active as a family and food budgeting.
• Learning with LANA: Our pre-school age curriculum focuses on trying new foods and teaches introductory nutrition topics using fun, interactive lessons with class mascot, Lana the Iguana.
• Healthy Habits, Happy Kids: Created for elementary school-age kids and pre-teens, this program focuses on creating lifelong healthy habits through hands-on nutrition activities.
• Healthy Chefs Academy: For elementary school age kids, this program focuses on developing practical, age-appropriate kitchen skills. Each class focuses on a new kitchen skill paired with a related nutrition lesson that further instills healthy eating behaviors. Children get a chance to practice their new kitchen skills by creating a new recipe each class.