The Family and Consumer Science Program is a valuable resource for all types of families. Individuals and committees help identify and prioritize needs and issues affecting county residents. Unbiased, research-based information and educational programs are developed and delivered to help support and improve the quality of life for Nez Perce County families.
Inland Northwest Food Hub Project
- Goal is to develop a commercial small business start-up food processing center making it available to north central Idaho, southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon.
- To find out the needs of potential customers, there is an online user survey and a matching off line survey. To access the survey, go to http://www.InlandNWFoodHub.com
- Support resources: University of Idaho, Washington State University, Walla Walla Community College--Clarkston, Lewis Clark State College
- Looking at a wet kitchen or dry kitchen, not a bake kitchen. Location of the "Hub" is not yet known.
Just in Time Parenting
Just in Time Parenting (JITP), is an outreach innovation that brings quality, research-based information to families at the time it can be most useful and make the biggest difference in their lives. Over the past 25 years, Cooperative Extension faculty in land-grant universities have developed and evaluated an unusually parent-friendly series. Capitalizing on the “teachable moment,” monthly “just in time” newsletters are delivered -- keyed to the age of each parent’s child. A team of Extension professionals from over 30 land-grant universities are transforming these research-based age-paced newsletters into a national interactive Internet resource on parenting.
Extension Nutrition Program
ENP is Idaho's Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program and is designed to help adults with limited resources learn how to stretch their food dollars to provide tasty, low-cost, healthy meals for their families. ENP Nutrition Advisors teach group and one-on-one education lessons to adults and children. The lessons cover basic nutrition, stretching the food dollar, food resource management, and food safety.
Program funding is provided by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service in cooperation with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Food Stamp Program. For every dollar requested from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service for the operation of ENP, the state of Idaho provides matching dollars in the form of salaries and expenses.
Healthy Lifestyles
"Healthy Lifestyles" is a semi-monthly newsletter addressing raising kids, eating right, spending smart and living well. You can access the newsletter by clicking the link below.
The "Healthy Lifestyles" newsletter is courtesy of Kirstin Jensen, UI/Idaho County Extension, Grangeville, Idaho, (208) 983-2667 or
kdjensen@uidaho.edu.
"Healthy Lifestyles" March/April 2012
This Healthy Lifestyles Newsletter includes information on:
- Understanding Gluten “Allergies”
- Increase Your Fitness for Free
- Cooking for Groups? Keep it Safe
- Prevent Falls in Your Home
Food Safety and Preservation
Information about food preservation and food safety is available at the Nez Perce County Extension office. Planning on canning? For safety sake dial gauges need to be tested yearly, more often if you are using your canner all year long. Bring them to the Extension Office for testing, we can usually test them while you wait but plan on leaving them for 24 hours.
2012 Preserve at Home
The 2012 date for Preserve @ Home (FCS 475 Food Preservation) is registration by June 8 with class to begin June 14.
This is a web-based food preservation course to teach individuals how to safely preserve a variety of food products. Participants learn how to produce high quality preserved foods and the science behind food preservation and food safety. Cost is $35 plus cost of required Extension bulletins. Please mail registration forms and class fees to Boundary County Extension, P.O. Box 267, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805.
Preserve @ Home brochure Preserve @ Home registration
National Center for Home Food Preservation
The
National Center for Home Food Preservation is your source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation. The Center was established with funding from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (CSREES-USDA) to address food safety concerns for those who practice and teach home food preservation and processing methods. Your place to find current research-based recommendations from the USDA, NCHFP, The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, and other land-grant universities in the Cooperative Extension System.
Announcing a free, self-paced, online course for those wanting to learn more about home canning and preservation
• Introduction to Food Preservation
• General Canning
• Canning Acid Foods
• Canning Low-Acid Foods
This course is offered in the University of Georgia eLC system. UGA requires
registration for you to receive a login.
