CALS Extension Senior Produce Program's Well Connected Communities grant project for Seniors 60 years and older. Seniors can take part in the program by visiting the weekly booth at Caldwell’s Farm to Fork Market.

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Health and Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing priority extension topic

Keeping Idaho healthy

Improving health and building life skills.

Health and wellbeing

University of Idaho Extension conducts research and coordinates programs related to enhancing the quality of life for individuals and families by promoting healthy lifestyles, proper nutrition, food safety and effective financial management. Find training, experts and publications to help you reach your nutrition, health, financial and wellbeing goals.

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Eat Smart Idaho

Eat Smart Idaho provides nutrition and physical activity education for limited resource Idahoans. Learn nutrition and consumer skills.

Healthy aging

Find programs to help you age in a healthy way.

Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching and Engagement (EXCITE)

Learn about immunization educational projects for rural communities with limited access to healthcare.

Personal finance

UI Extension offers a variety of programs for improving personal and family finance.

Curriculum

Find peer-reviewed curriculum related to food safety, germs and seafood.

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UI Extension publications

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UI Extension has offices in 42 Idaho counties and three federally recognized tribes. Extension faculty are also located at 10 research and Extension centers located across the state. 

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Meet our people

Joey Peutz

Director of UI Extension,  Southern District

Annie Roe

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist; Director of Eat Smart Idaho

Luke Erickson

Professor and Extension Specialist

Leslee Blanch

Extension educator — family and consumer sciences

Surine Greenway

Extension educator — Family and consumer sciences

Lance Hansen

Extension Educator and County Chair

Katie Hoffman-McFarland

Extension educator

Kirstin Jensen

Extension educator

Shelly Johnson

Extension educator — Nutrition health promotion and wellness, Eat Smart Idaho administrator (northern district)

Siew Guan Lee

Extension educator — Family and consumer sciences

Gretchen Manker

Extension educator — Family and consumer sciences

Bridget Morrisroe

Extension educator — Family and consumer sciences

Karen Richel

Extension educator — Financial literacy

Amy Robertson

Extension educator

Laura Sant

Extension educator — Health and nutrition, food safety and 4-H

Kathee Tifft

Extension educator and county chair — Community development, family and consumer sciences

Kari Ure

Extension educator

Grace Wittman

Extension educator

Adrianne Griebel-Thompson

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

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Fitness videos

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Health and wellbeing

Explore a variety of topics, from how-to videos to food safety reminders.