Nutrition and health education

Dining with Diabetes

Build practical skills to help manage diabetes through smart cooking and eating and simple lifestyle changes. Learn how to prepare healthy flavorful meals in four hands-on sessions.

Freeze It!

In four weekly hands-on sessions in our Freeze It! program, you’ll learn safe, research-based techniques for freezing foods, which will help you cut down on food waste, stretch your grocery dollars and enjoy your meals safely.

Little Roots, Big Harvest: Homesteading Together

Learn homesteading skills like gardening, making cleaning products, animal care and food preservation—blended with wellness, safety and sustainability—in-person and online.

Cooking Matters

Eating healthy doesn’t have to break the bank. Our Cooking Matters programs teach smart shopping strategies and healthy cooking skills that can help you prepare nutritious, low-cost meals and snacks at home.

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2026, No. 3 (May/June)

Alpha-Gal Syndrome Nutrients of Concern

Alpha-Gal Syndrome Food Substitutions

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2026, No. 2 (March/April)

MU Extension recommends treating clothing to repel ticks

Published May 20, 2026

Missouri healthcare: Why access isn’t as simple as it sounds

Published April 27, 2026

A strong Missouri workforce starts with health

Published April 20, 2026

Missouri’s health challenges reflect larger systems

Published April 3, 2026

Office of HOPE

The Office of HOPE is a consortium between MU Extension, School of Medicine, Sinclair School of Nursing, and College of Health Sciences focused on improving healthcare outcomes in rural communities across the State of Missouri.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Provides consumers with a broad range of nutrition information, including tips, videos, articles and recipes.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Foodborne Outbreaks

During a multistate foodborne disease outbreak, CDC serves as lead coordinator between public health partners to detect the outbreak, define its size and extent, and to identify the source. The goal is to investigate and control outbreaks, and to learn how to prevent similar outbreaks from happening in the future.

Centers for Disease Control, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obes…

Provides resources and strategies for reducing obesity as well as access to published research on the issue.

Associate Extension Professor

Professor, State Fitness Specialist

Alicia Amyx-Winrod

Field Educator in Nutrition and Health

Bethany Bachmann

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Nutrition Program Associate

Ellen Bloomer-Thornton

Nutrition Program Associate

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Sara Bridgewater

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Jo Britt Rankin

Extension Professor - Health & Human Sciences

Nutrition Program Associate

Mellissia Butler

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Nutrition Program Associate

Adjunct Assistant Extension Professor - Public Health

Katherine Deeken

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Nutrition Program Associate

Double Up Food Bucks Project Coordinator

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Ashley Hamilton

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health Education

Nutrition Program Associate

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Amanda McCormick

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Assistant Director, Health and Human Sciences

Farm-to-Institution Local Foods Coordinator

FNEP Operations Coordinator

FNEP Program Manager

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Rachel O'Halloran

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Micah Potgieter

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Eating From the Garden Coordinator

Temporary Professional - HHS

Assistant Extension Professor - Health & Human Sciences

Nutrition Program Associate

Kenlyn Shettlesworth

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Extension Instructor - HHS

Amanda Sullivan

Nutrition Program Associate

Nutrition Program Associate

Carla Wayland White

Nutrition Program Associate

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