Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
EXPANDED FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM (EFNEP)
Families with children and Day Care Providers who are income eligible may participate in free home-based nutrition education lessons intended to help parents, children and caregivers develop healthy eating and fitness choices for life.
Through the EFNEP program you will learn: Managing a food budget, feeding picky eaters, cooking quick and healthy meals, after school snack ideas, and keeping food safe. CCE Nutrition Teaching Assistants are available to give lessons in a group setting or on an individual basis. They will provide you with up-to-date nutrition information and cooking tips, help you make healthy choices to maintain a healthy weight, help you understand the importance of physical activity in a healthy lifestyle, and provide a supportive learning environment.
Fun activities are designed to encourage parent-child interaction around the feeding relationship; lesson topics include Prenatal Nutrition, Feeding Babies And Children, Breastfeeding, Nutrition And Health For The Family, Shop Smart: Make Wise Choices From The Food Pyramid, Budgeting/Stretch Your Food Dollar And Resources, Take Care Of Yourself, Take Care Of Your Family And Home Site Assessment/Indoor Air Quality.
DAY CARE PROVIDERS
Day Care Providers can use home-based lessons provided through EFNEP for their training credit requirements – Nutrition and Health Needs of Children, Learning Through Play/Fun Time with Foods/Other Child Care Activities, Discipline as Guidance, Child Development – Ages & Stages, Communicating With Children, Financial Management, Business Records and Child Day Care Program Development.
EFNEP YOUTH PROGRAM
Each summer and throughout the year, Cornell Cooperative Extension offers a series of six lessons to school age youth groups. "Passport Adventures to Food and Fitness" Summer Youth Program focuses on the new dietary guidelines and healthy food lifestyle and fitness choices.
Activities and games keep youth learning about basic nutrition, healthy snack choices and how to strive to eat five fruits and vegetables each day.
FARMERS' MARKET
The Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program encourages eligible seniors and WIC families to eat more locally grown vegetables. Coupons may be available at Office For the Aging and WIC in the summer to purchase fresh vegetables at local farmer markets. Cornell Cooperative Extension provides nutrition education lessons for WIC families participating in the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. Call Cornell Cooperative Extension if you would like to enroll in the EFNEP program at 607-865-6531 or email delaware@cornell.edu.
Click on the attached file for a schedule: Farmers Market-2010 flyer