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Eat Smart--Move More

A series of seminars addressing lifestyle improvements at any age to help you reduce the risk of chronic disease and improve your overall health.

Extension Nutrition Program


Community Development & FCS Contact Information
Kathee Tifft, Extension Educator
 
Address:   1239 Idaho Street
Lewiston, ID 83501
 
Phone:   (208) 799-3096
Fax:   (208) 799-3054
E-mail:   ktifft@uidaho.edu
 

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Nez Perce County

Nez Perce County Extension Office
1239 Idaho Street
Lewiston, ID 83501
Phone:  (208) 799-3096
Fax:  (208) 799-3054
E-mail:  nezperce@uidaho.edu
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Family and Consumer Sciences

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.


Just in Time Parenting

Nez Perce County Family and Consumer SciencesJust 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.


Eat Smart Idaho

Eat Smart IdahoEat Smart Idaho 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.  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 Eat Smart Idaho, the state of Idaho provides matching dollars in the form of salaries and expenses.


Food Safety and Preservation

Ample HarvestInformation 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.


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.

USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning -- 2009

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.