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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…

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2024, No. 5 (September/October)

A Taste of Missouri — September — Potatoes

A Taste of Missouri — August — Peach

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2024, No. 4 (July/August)

January 8, 2024 - December 9, 2024

Cooking Your Way at the VA

July 18, 2024 - September 5, 2024

A Matter of Balance

July 23, 2024 - September 13, 2024

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy - Level 1

July 24, 2024 - September 18, 2024

Tai Chi for Arthritis

Heatstroke can kill quickly in hot cars

June 14, 2024

Honoring the nation's dairy farmers

June 7, 2024

Exploring the benefits of MyPlate for Older Adults

March 20, 2024

Show Me Food helps you find fresh, local food

February 10, 2024

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.

Choose MyPlate: Healthy Eating on a Budget

Tips for shopping and eating healthfully on a limited budget.

Kelsey Weitzel

Associate Extension Professor

Stephen Ball

Professor, State Fitness Specialist

Casey Adkins

Nutrition Program Associate

Amy Albertson

Nutrition Program Associate

Alyssa Alvarado

Nutrition Program Associate

Brittney Ames

Nutrition Program Associate

Alicia Amyx-Winrod

NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATOR

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

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

Chris Cade

Nutrition Program Manager

Paula Cates

Nutrition Program Associate

Barbara Cleaves

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

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

Kaylee Farris

Nutrition Program Associate

Kevin Faulk

Nutrition Program Associate

Diana Finlay

Nutrition Program Associate

Janet Fox

Nutrition Program Associate

Allicyn Freyer

Nutrition Program Associate

Alexandra Garland-Foster

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

Maude Harris

FIELD SPECIALIST IN NUTRITION AND HEALTH

Liz Harrison

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health Education

Dawn Hicks

Nutrition Program Associate

Loretta Huey

Nutrition Program Associate

Sherri Hull

Nutrition Program Associate

Anthony Jappa

Nutrition Program Associate

Eric Johnson

Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Amanda Kiszczak

Nutrition Program Associate

Judith Koehr

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

Becky Martin

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

Elizabeth Moberly

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

Sandra Randle

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

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

Sharon Sutherland

Nutrition Program Associate

Veronica Taylor

Nutrition Program Associate

Christina Todd

Nutrition Program Associate

Deann Turner

Nutrition Program Manager

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

Sarah Wood

Assistant Extension Professor

Sandra Zapata Arias

Nutrition Program Associate

Tammy Zuzack

Nutrition Program Associate