Nutrition Education

Helping Columbia County Eat Healthy

The Columbia County Extension Nutrition Education Program helps limited-resource individuals, children, and families learn about the importance of making healthy food choices. Classes are taught in a variety of settings from youth in local public school classrooms to adult groups in job training. We teach classes that help learners:

• Develop skills that promote self-sufficiency
• Stretch food dollars
• Handle food safely
• Learn more about nutrition

We help people plan and prepare quick, inexpensive, and healthy meals. We encourage them to experience healthier living through better nutrition and increased physical activity. Our nutrition education efforts are funded through the federal food stamp budget (called SNAP-ED) that provides nutrition education programming to limited-resource audiences.

The Oregon Family Nutrition Program (OFNP or SNAP-ED) provides funds for nutrition education programs for individuals, regardless of age or family status, including seniors, youth, families, and individuals who receive or are eligible for food stamps or other food assistance programs.

For more information about this program in Oregon, please visit our State Nutrition Education Program site: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/nep/