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Nutrition and health education

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.

Family Nutrition Education Programs (FNEP)

FNEP provides research-based nutrition education to Missouri’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and those who are eligible. MU Extension nutrition educators work in a variety of settings throughout the state with the goal of helping participants make behavior changes to achieve lifelong health and fitness.

Food Preservation

The Food Preservation program provides up-to-date, research-based procedural recommendations, tested recipes, and hands-on workshops that assist the consumer in safely preserving produce and other products.

Food Safety

The goals of the Food Safety program include educating consumers on safe food handling in food preparation and food preservation, and educating farmers and farmers market vendors on food safety and regulatory compliance. Many topics are highlighted on this site to help you learn how to safely handle food from the farm to your table. The University of Missouri Extension provides food safety resources and training on a variety of topics…

A Taste of Missouri — February — Brussels Sprouts

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2025, No. 2 (March/April)

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2025, No. 1 (January/February)

SNAP Outreach Thank You Card (Bundle of 50)

January 22, 2025 - April 2, 2025

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy - Level 1 - Owensville, MO

January 22, 2025 - April 2, 2025

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy - Level 2 - Owensville, MO

January 23, 2025 - March 24, 2025

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy - Level 3 - Online - Jan 23rd - March 24th

January 23, 2025 - March 25, 2025

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy - Level 2

Warren County 4-H'ers cook at food pantry competition in Memphis

March 4, 2025

Weighing the value of eggs amid high prices

February 25, 2025

Fall for strawberries, the fruit of love

February 7, 2025

Gardening boosts your immune system

January 13, 2025

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.

Kelsey Weitzel

Associate Extension Professor

Stephen Ball

Professor, State Fitness Specialist

Casey Adkins

Nutrition Program Associate

Trisha Agueros

Nutrition Program Associate

Amy Albertson

Nutrition Program Associate

Alyssa Alvarado

Nutrition Program Associate

Brittney Ames

Nutrition Program Associate

Alicia Amyx-Winrod

Field Educator in Nutrition and Health

Wendy Atterberg

Nutrition Program Associate

Bethany Bachmann

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Bonnie Banion

Nutrition Program Associate

Emily Barbee

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Jan Beazley

Nutrition Program Associate

Teresa Bell

Nutrition Program Associate

Ashley Blain

Nutrition Program Associate

Karissa Blake

Nutrition Program Associate

Elizabeth Blankenship

Nutrition Program Associate

Emily Blaue

Nutrition Program Associate

Ellen Bloomer-Thornton

Nutrition Program Associate

Jennifer Bowman

Nutrition Program Associate

Alyssa Bowyer

Nutrition Program Associate

Sarah Boyer

Youth and Nutrition Program Associate

Kaley Bozarth

Nutrition & Youth Program Associate

Margaret Brandel

Nutrition Program Associate

Kelley Brent

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Jo Britt Rankin

Extension Professor

Mellissia Butler

Nutrition Program Associate

Paula Cates

Nutrition Program Associate

Arihus Coleman

Nutrition Program Associate

Jacquelyn Coleman

Nutrition Program Associate

Sherry Combs

Nutrition Program Associate

Melissa Cotton

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Christi Crisp

Nutrition Program Associate

Tammy Culpepper

Nutrition Program Associate

Samantha Cypret

Nutrition Program Associate

Leslie Davis

Nutrition Program Associate

Linda Dawes

Nutrition Program Associate

Katherine Deeken

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Deborah Dody

Nutrition Program Associate

Lakeisha Dugan

Nutrition Program Associate

Jamie Eggerman

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Jennifer Elms

Double Up Food Bucks Project Coordinator

Kaylee Farris

Nutrition Program Associate

Kevin Faulk

Nutrition Program Associate

Diana Finlay

Nutrition Program Associate

Theresa Fossett

FNEP Associate Director, SW and SE Regions

Janet Fox

Nutrition Program Associate

Allicyn Freyer

Nutrition Program Associate

Ashley Garner

Nutrition Program Associate

Caitlin Geller

Nutrition Program Associate

Julie Graue

Nutrition Program Associate

Fanda Green

Nutrition Program Associate

Teresa Green

Nutrition Program Associate

Dalton Guess

Nutrition Program Associate

Monica Haaf

Nutrition Program Associate

Tyler Hall

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Ashley Hamilton

Nutrition Program Associate

Katharine Hanlon

Nutrition Program Associate

Mia Harris

Nutrition Program Associate

Liz Harrison

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health Education

Dawn Hicks

Nutrition Program Associate

Sherri Hull

Nutrition Program Associate

Anthony Jappa

Nutrition Program Associate

Eric Johnson

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Nancy Keim

FNEP Associate Director, East

Amanda Kiszczak

Nutrition Program Associate

Judith Koehr

Nutrition Program Associate

Bethany Kolb

Nutrition Program Associate

Cheri Kramme

Nutrition Program Associate

Laurie Kurre

Nutrition Program Associate

Amanda Lehenbauer

Nutrition Program Associate

Lori Lewis

Nutrition Program Associate

Rachel Livesay

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Juana Lopez

Nutrition Program Associate

Tennille Manson

Nutrition Program Associate

Neina Martin

Nutrition Program Associate

Amanda McCormick

Nutrition Program Associate

Elizabeth McGinley

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Dana McGuire

Nutrition Program Associate

Amy McNary

Nutrition Program Associate

Julie Meek

Nutrition Program Associate

Lauren Mendel

Nutrition Program Associate

Jim Meyer

Extension Engagement Specialist

Kristin Miller

Assistant Director, Health and Human Sciences

Sarah Misenhelter

Nutrition Program Associate

Victoria Moffett

Nutrition Program Associate

Maria Montoya De Rivera

Nutrition Program Associate

Jenni Nevatt

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Deborah O'Neal

Nutrition Program Associate

Cassidy Palmer

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Lynnlee Parrott

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Sidney Patrick

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Jacqueline Pettit

Nutrition Program Associate

Valerie Pickering

Nutrition Program Associate

Morgan Ream

Nutrition Program Associate

Reta Reed

FNEP Program Manager

Kelly Rich

Nutrition Program Associate

Lauren Richardson

Nutrition Program Associate

Regina Ripley

Nutrition Program Associate

Larry Roberts

EATING FROM THE GARDEN STATE COORDINATOR

Candace Rodman

Assistant Extension Professor

Betty Roston

Nutrition Program Associate

Heather Scharbach

Nutrition Program Associate

Emalie Schoenbeck

Nutrition Program Associate

Kayla Scobee

Nutrition Program Associate

Dawn Sebion

Nutrition Program Associate

Vickie Seiler

Nutrition Program Associate

Tarunjot Sethi

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Kenlyn Shettlesworth

Nutrition Program Associate

Hilliary Shumock

Nutrition Program Associate

Barbara Simmons

Nutrition Program Associate

Emma Sims

Youth and Nutrition Program Associate

Holly Sinning

Nutrition Program Associate

Ava Smith

Nutrition Program Associate

Rebecca Smith

Nutrition Program Associate

Ariel Sparks

Nutrition Program Associate

Jessie Stewart

Nutrition Program Associate

Veronica Taylor

Nutrition Program Associate

Vonicia Teerlink

Nutrition Program Associate

Christina Todd

Nutrition Program Associate

Deann Turner

Nutrition Program Manager

Andrea Walsh

Nutrition Program Associate

Heather Warren

Nutrition Program Associate

Carla Wayland White

Nutrition Program Associate

Christy Whittaker

Nutrition Program Associate

Hannah Whittaker

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Barbara Wisdom

Nutrition Program Associate

Stephanie Wofford

Nutrition Program Associate

Maegan Wood

Nutrition Program Associate

Sarah Wood

Assistant Extension Professor

Sandra Zapata Arias

Nutrition Program Associate

Tammy Zuzack

Nutrition Program Associate