Nutrition Education Programs
for Limited Resource Audiences

FREE Nutrition Education Programs for Limited Resource Audiences

Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
These free nutrition education classes help limited resource Larimer County residents stretch their food dollar while learning to eat more nutritiously. Through a series of classes with hands-on activities, participants learn to get the most nutritional value for their food dollars.

Currently Available Curricula:
* Cent$ible Nutrition: Focuses on General Nutrition and Diet Quality to prevent disease, Food Resource Management, and Food Safety.

* Money for Food: Focuses on Food Resource Management, Food Security and some General Nutrition and Diet Quality to prevent disease.

* Nutrition for the Young at Heart: Curriculum designed especially for low-income Senior Citizens. Focuses on General Nutrition and Diet Quality to prevent disease, Food Resource Management, and Food Safety.

* Sisters in Health (English or Spanish): Focuses on General Nutrition and Diet Quality to prevent disease; primarily through group Cooking and Nutrition Lessons.

* La Cocina Saludable (Spanish or English): Focuses on General Nutrition and Diet Quality to prevent disease, Food Resource Management, and Food Safety. Excellent for Spanish Speaking and/or Low-Literacy Audiences.

Educational opportunities may be offered in a variety of ways to those with limited resources:
* Single event presentation, 1-2 hours on the nutrition, cooking or budgeting topic of your choice:
...... * Some examples of single event classes include:
.......... * The Facts About Fat
.......... * Fruits and Vegetables (including a gardening basics lesson)
.......... * Healthy Cooking For Le$$
.......... * Calcium Rich Foods
.......... *Healthy Weight Management
.......... *Healthy Fun Ideas for Feeding Kids
.......... *Getting the Most for Your Money (with or without a grocery store tour)

Series of classes using any of the above listed curricula. Classes may be presented in a series of either 6 two-hour lessons or 4 two-hour lessons. We offer classes any time of the day, any day of the week; in our facility or your facility.

Nutrition News: Information for Senior Citizens a newsletter created and updated by Colorado State University nutrition and food safety specialists for senior citizens living on a fixed income.

Call Maggie Shawcross, MPH,CHES at (970) 498-6013 or Nora Garza, MS, RD at (970) 498-6015 for more information.

See the related Colorado State University Cooperative Extension sites listed below:

Fact sheets: Two to four page articles on health and nutrition

Consumer Connections: Weekly news columns on a wide range of consumer topics, including food and nutrition, written by Front Range Consumer and family educators

Nutrition News: Weekly news columns on food and nutrition topics, written by Dr. Pat Kendall

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Outreach and Information Center
Hotline:1-888-723-3366, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST) to speak to an information specialist. Record messages on information line (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) or visit the CFSAN Website.