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

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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 University of Idaho Extension's Southern District

  • Annie Roe

    Associate Professor, Extension Specialist in Nutrition Education and Director of Eat Smart Idaho

  • Luke Erickson

    Professor and Extension Specialist in Personal Finance

  • Leslee Blanch

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Surine Greenway

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H

  • Lance Hansen

    Extension Educator in Family Finance and Madison County Chair

  • Katie Hoffman-McFarland

    Extension Educator in Community Development and Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Kirstin Jensen

    Extension Educator in Health, Fitness and Nutrition

  • Shelly Johnson

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences and Eat Smart Idaho Administrator

  • Siew Guan Lee

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Gretchen Manker

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Bridget Morrisroe

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Karen Richel

    Extension Educator in Financial Literacy

  • Amy Robertson

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H

  • Laura Sant

    Extension Educator in Health and Nutrition, Food Safety and 4-H

  • Kathee Tifft

    Extension Educator in Community Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Nez Perce County Chair 

  • Grace Wittman

    Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Adrianne Griebel-Thompson

    Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Maternal and Infant Nutrition

Videos

Explore videos produced by UI Extension experts on a variety of health and wellbeing topics.  

UI Extension video publications

Fitness videos

Get moving fitness videos for any skill level.

Health and wellbeing

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