FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Partnering with Micronesian and Pacific Islander communities Pacific Islander and Micronesian Cooking Matters class participants after a cooking class dedicated to culturally based healthy recipes. Historically the Micronesian and Pacific Islander community has faced inequitable health Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Demand for online cooking resources soars during pandemic COVID-19 has changed the way we eat, including more time spent in the kitchen and more meals eaten at home. “Food related calls to our Family and Community Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Kids in the Kitchen goes virtual Kids in the Kitchen 6th grader, Ren Suo, took this photograph of her Food Hero Cranberry Oatmeal Balls. OSU Extension SNAP-Ed started partnering with Todos Juntos, a nonprofit after school Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Video demonstrates safe home canning of Oregon seafood Kelly Streit (left) and Amanda Gladics shoot a demonstration video on home canning Oregon seafood at the OSU Extension Service Annex in Oregon City. Pressure canning is the Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Food Hero family activity page The Food Hero COVID- 19 home activity page features kid-friendly recipes and activities. It’s tough to keep kids engaged in learning and playing with so much of it taking place at Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH New ‘Extending the Harvest’ blog The “Extending the Harvest” blog offers food preservation resources, meal planning and support for community food systems. The The FCH program is excited to share a new way for folks to Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Supporting Estacada residents after wildfires SNAP-ED program assistants helped Estacada Community Watch assemble and deliver 400 food boxes. After the wildfires in Estacada last summer, many evacuees returned home to no power or running water, and Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Food pantries welcome fresh blueberry donation during COVID pandemic Over 120 flats of mechanically harvested blueberries from the North Willamette Research and Extension Center were delivered to area food banks in July. OSU Extension’s North Willamette Read More