OSU Developed Educational Resources
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Community Food Resources
Nutrition Curriculum
Ed Materials – Healthy Diet
Ed Materials – Fruits and Veggies
Ed Materials – Stretching Food Dollars
Recipes
Nutrition Education Training
Gardening Education Materials
Community Food Resources
Food Resources in Your Community – Follow the link.
Resource booklets for each Oregon County to help you learn about resources in your community that provide food or help make your food last through the month. Available in English, Spanish and Russian.
Created and updated by Anne Hoisington, Campus Unit, updated in 2008.
Nutrition Curriculum
Start Smart Eating and Reading
Fun-filled breakfast, nutrition & reading program for 1st and 2nd grade students.
Module 1 – Breakfast Builds Better Brains
Module 2 – Many Foods Make a Morning Meal
Module 3 – Fruits and Veggies – A Colorful Way to Start the Day!
Module 4 – Grains Get You Going
Module 5 – Milk & Movement for Mighty Bones
Happy Home Meals
A series of fact sheets for parents of young children that focus on the parent-child feeding relationship and the importance of family meals. Materials are available in English, Spanish, and Russian.
Pyramid Power: Food Choices for Winners – Second edition soon to be released.
An activity-based nutrition curriculum designed to encourage and equip youth to make good food and fitness choices for lifelong health. Excellent tool for after-school programs, classrooms, youth clubs, summer camps, and parks programs.
Ed Materials – Healthy Diet
Beaver Bites
Monthly bilingual messages with recipe focused on nutrition education. Developed for the limited resource population. Created by Klamath County OFNP team, OSU Extension
Bilingual Monthly Messages
Series of 12 bilingual monthly nutrition message brochures focused on improving dietary quality, stretching food dollars, and handling food safely. Include 12 bilingual recipe inserts, & 12 monthly posters (print 8 1/2 × 14) to laminate and display. Created by Tina Dodge (Linn/Benton) & Lynn Steele (Metro Hispanic). Brochures & Posters Updated October 2007 & Recipes 2004.
- October Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- November Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- December Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- January Brochure Recipe Inster Poster
- February Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- March Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- April Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- May Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- June Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- July Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- August Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
- September Brochure Recipe Insert Poster
Eating well for good health
Series of one-sided food group based handouts in Spanish and English.
Copy a recipe or add county information on the backside.
Created by the Linn/Benton Unit, Tina Dodge & Janice Gregg, Fall 2006
2009 NEP Calendar – Plan for Good Health
A partnership between NEP, Agriculture in the Classroom and 4H.
Cover (Spanish) ; Page 2 (Spanish) ; Page 3 (Spanish) ; January (Spanish) ; February (Spanish) ; March (Spanish) ; April (Spanish) ; May (Spanish) ; June (Spanish) ; July (Spanish) ; August (Spanish) ; September (Spanish) ; October (Spanish) ; November (Spanish) ; December (Spanish) ; Back Page (Spanish)
Ed Materials – Fruits and Veggies
Vary your Veggies Brochure
Created for seniors. Developed by Dr. Carolyn Raab, Campus Specialist, 2008
Vary your Veggies – Folding Brochure
Veggie Pick and Fix Recipe Cards.
Created for adults. Developed by Dr. Carolyn Raab, Campus Specialist, 2008
Fruit and Veggie Recipe Cards
Created with coloring contest entries from schools throughout Oregon. Project coordinated by Anne Hoisington (Metro/Campus), 2007
Apple Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Blueberry Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Carrot Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Cherry Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Corn Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Pepper Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Potato Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Raspberry Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back))
Squash Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Strawberry Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Watermelon Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Zucchini Front – Back (Spanish Front – Back)
Oregon’s Healthy Harvest
Series of 7 cards that promote consumption of locally grown nutrient-dense vegetables. Feature tips for buying, storing and preparing vegetables. Include recipes. Created by interdisciplinary Oregon State Univ. Extension team, updated August 2007
- Eat Fruits and Veggies For Good Health
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Leafy Greens
- Onions and Garlic
- Root Vegetables
- Winter Squash
A Healthy Harvest!/Una Cosecha Saludable!
Series of 6 foldable fliers that promote consumption of locally grown nutrient-dense vegetables. Feature tips for buying, storing and preparing vegetables. Include recipes.
This bilingual variation of the Oregon’s Healthy Harvest cards was adapted by Portland Metro OFNP. Graphic design by Nancy Witham.
- Broccoli/Brócoli
- Cabbage/Repollo
- Leafy greens/Lechuga y espinaca
- Onions and garlic/Cebollas y ajo
- Root vegetables/Vegetales de raíz
- Winter squash/Calabaza de invierno
Fruit/vegetable coloring sheets
A series of coloring sheets (in English and Spanish) adapted from the University of Illinois.
- Broccoli (Spanish)
- Cabbage (Spanish)
- Carrot (Spanish)
- Corn (Spanish)
- Mushroom (Spanish)
- Onion (Spanish)
- Pepper (Spanish)
- Tomato (Spanish)
- Apple (Spanish)
- Cherry (Spanish)
- Strawberry (Spanish)
- Watermelon (Spanish)
We Wish You Well Materials
Cover Sheet (Spanish)
Insert Page
Ed Materials – Stretching Food Dollars
10 Tips to Eat Well for Less
10 Tips to Eat Well for Less – Part of the tough times resources
Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals
Developed by Dr. Carolyn Raab, Campus Specialist, revised July, 2009
How can you serve healthy meals on a limited budget?
Thrifty Meals
NEP Grocery List
Recipes
Healthy Recipes Website
Click on a fruit basket image to go to the site in English or Spanish.
This website includes many food and nutrition resources in addition to recipes. The recipes are in a simplified format. They are intended for a limited income, low literacy audience and include limited and widely available ingredients. Created and continually updated by Anne Hoisington, Campus Unit.
Bilingual Pictorial Recipe Sets
Each set has 10 recipes
Easy to read pictorial based recipes in English and Spanish. Recipes have been tested and used extensively with Spanish-speaking audiences in Oregon. Each recipe indicates what major nutrients it provides.
Pictorial Recipes, Set 1:
Pictorial Recipes, Set 2
Pictorial Recipes, Set 3
Pictorial Recipes, Set 4
Build a Skillet Meal Handout
English Language Handout
Spanish Language Handout
Fact Sheets
Nutrition Education Training
Eat Well For Less Training Modules
Eat Well For Less
Created by the Campus Unit, Anne Hoisington, Updated Winter 2006.
The following topics are covered:
Module 1 – Pyramid Power
Module 2 – We Wish You Well
Module 3 – Stretching Your Food Dollars
Quiz – Review of knowledge
Eating Well for Good Health
OSU Extension Paraprofessional and Family Food Education (FFE) Training Module was developed so that OSU Extension FCD faculty may teach current and new paraprofessionals up-to-date USDA nutrition recommendations and to equip FFE volunteers with an understanding of/ability to successfully share key messages from the 2005 US Dietary Guidelines. The training module has 3 sections: Food Safety – We Wish You Well; Calories Count! & Smart Choices from Every Food Group. Length 3 – 5 hours. Contact Anne Hoisington to receive an updated version.l
Gardening Education Materials
Growing Your Own – A guide to growing in Oregon
Northwest Gardeners Enews – Monthly electronic magazine
Container Vegetable Handout
More Extension Garden Publications