FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH New Kitchen will Expand Teaching Options The Teaching Kitchen in the new Extension Education Center is being custom designed to meet the needs of our many programs. It will be used for adult and youth cooking Read More

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Creating Healthy Celebrations for Healthy Living In an effort to create healthy Harvest Celebrations in lieu of sweet-centered Halloween parties, Family and Community Health offers a classroom kit with activities, as well as visiting classrooms to Read More

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Culturally Relevant Cooking Education Cooking Matters in Spanish class Volunteers (left to right) Alejandra Kochenowski, Richard Gibler, Elena Illescas, David Rodriguez and Minerva Alvarez-Guerrero. In 2018 the Family and Community Health (FCH) SNAP-Ed program collaborated with Read More

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Healthy Cooking Grows Healthy Kids and Communities “My dad is excited because he doesn’t like cooking and I told him I would now be cooking dinner occasionally.”— 7th grader, Kismira Bencich Kids in the Kitchen after Read More

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Partnering to Address Hunger Challenges in Estacada Schools “Partnering with OSU Extension Family & Community Health is like quadrupling our staff with the best and the brightest!” — Debra Bufton, Estacada Area Food Bank Family and Read More

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Leading the Way in Oregon Farm-Direct Product Education A sampling of products produced by small farmers and sold under the Farm-Direct Marketing Law. Salsas, canned fruits, jellies, and pickled vegetables are on the rise at local Read More

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Promoting Healthy Lifestyles with Apple Pressing Hundreds of kids lined up for their turn on the old fashion apple press during the 8th annual cider event at the Oregon City Farmers Market. Nothing says fall like Read More

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Snap-To-it! Program Makes Farmers Market Accessible to Everyone Melissa Streng (right), of Sun Love Farm in Oregon City, shares produce tips during the “Know Your Farmer Know Your Food” tour at the Oregon City Farmers Market. Read More