Summertime provides wonderful opportunities to enjoy a relaxing break, family vacations, barbecues with friends, and long lazy days. Summertime is also a time when many teachers, school staff and school volunteers take advantage of professional development opportunities to prepare them …
Improve Your Health In Just Minutes a Day!
With busy schedules and the high cost of many of the health products on the market, consumers are anxious to know how to stay healthy on the go. Ohio State University Extension offers a research based program that provides high …
Benefits of Working with Cooperative Extension
Consider calling your local county or university based Cooperative Extension office for reliable, research based resources and strategies to assist you in your plans to create a healthy school environment. It could be your one-stop for working on improving healthy …
News You can Use: Tips for Your School Newsletter
School newsletters are an effective way to communicate all kinds of information to families in your school or district. Newsletters are a great place to encourage participation in the school lunch program, highlight positive changes like those in the Smarter …
Top 10 Tips for Working with Your Local Extension on Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension (also called Agricultural Extension) is a nationwide resource that brings research-based, practical information and classes to the public. There are Extension offices in every state and territory. Here are some ways Extension can help you.
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How to Support Farm-to-School Initiatives in Your Community
We’ve all probably heard that nutrition is very important for children’s health and ability to succeed in the classroom. School lunchrooms nationwide have been improving the nutritional quality of the meals served in order to better support students’ health …