Cooking Matters – FREE COOKING CLASS

SNAP-ed

Cooking Matters Adult Series of Classes

OUR MISSION:​

​Ohio SNAP-Ed is a nutrition education program serving low- income adults and youth throughout Ohio. Our goal is to improve the likelihood that persons receiving SNAP benefits will make healthy food choices within a limited budget and choose physically active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the USDA food guidance. ​

OHIO SNAP-Ed COOKING MATTERS OVERVIEW​

​Ohio SNAP-Ed, through OSU Extension, offers Cooking Matters® for Adults & Parents as one the many curricula offered by Ohio SNAP-Ed nutrition education program. The curriculum teaches low-income adults about healthy meal preparation and sensible shopping on a limited budget. Each week participants observe a multi-session course that combines hands-on food preparation with nutrition information, food budgeting and shopping techniques. ​

​CLASS BASICS​

  • Class meets weekly for 6 weeks for 2 hours​
  • OSUE Program Assistants, who are trained to teach nutrition classes to low-income audiences, lead the nutrition segment of class which corresponds to the weekly topic and recipe​
  • Volunteer chef leads a food-network-styled cooking demo ​
  • Participants prepare and share a meal together ​
  • Participants receive groceries and recipe to prepare at home​
  • Week 5 is a guided tour of a local grocery store ​
  • 10-12 participants per six-week course ​

 

Older Youth Leadership Opportunities

Highland County Junior Leadership

Junior Leaders is open to any youth age 14 as of January 1st and in the 8th grade.

Please contact Kathy Bruynis or Mary Post to find out more details and how to become a Junior Leader at bruynis.5@osu.edu or msrypost64@gmail.com

Applications can be found at http://highland.osu.edu/sites/highland/files/imce/JuniorLeadership24.pdf

 

4-H Camp Counselor Applications – DUE January 10, 2025

The 4-H Camp Counselors are a group of 4-H Teens selected to assist in being responsible for campers during 4-H Camp.

As a result of participation counselors will develop knowledge, skills, attitudes, and aspirations needed for adult success, and

Highland County 4-H program will be strengthened and expanded.

Applications are available in the Extension office or online at:

https://highland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/camp

The deadline to apply is on or before January 10th, 2025 at 4:00 PM in the extension office.

 

 

Grazing over the Seasons Workshop

OSU Extension is partnering with Brown County Soil and Water to offer a series of grazing workshops. The October session will take place in next week (10/9) in Georgetown. Next week’s program will focus on winter forage plans and drought programs. Beef Quality Assurance Certification will be offered at this program. Please pre-register by contacting OSU Extension Brown County at 937-378-6716

Grazing through the Seasons _Flyer_2024 October 9

Still time to register for Highland County Livestock Production Field Day!!

Partnering with Maplecrest Farms – Grimes Family, Trans Ova, and 3 veterinarians
FIELD DAY SCHEDULE SNAPSHOT
8:30 am – Arrival
Morning
Male and Female Anatomy – Multi-Species
Herd Management Practices of Bulls/Females
Hands-On Anatomy & AI on Repro Tracts
Flushing Protocol Review
Lunch – Maplecrest Meats and More
Afternoon
Flushing cows
Bull Soundness Exam
Reproductive Nutrition
Pregnancy Checking
Evaluations
Dismissal – 4:00 pm
Registration begins August 31st at 8:00 AM – Limited to 40 Youth Total.
Cost $40.00
Register Here: go.osu.edu/hossfieldday
For additional information please contact Ty Hamilton 937-393-1918

OSU Food Kindness Event

PRESS RELEASE

September 19, 2024

During Hunger Action Month, Adams, Brown and Highland County community organizations connected with The Ohio State University (OSU) and the local OSU Extension team for food kindness. These counties have a combined food insecurity rate of 52.8% (Feeding American, 2022).Nearly 1,000 people including students, staff, alumni, and community members at The Ohio State University Columbus campus recently packed 350,000 meals. More than 233,000 of those meals were delivered in Southwest Ohio on September 13. The food was delivered in Southwest Ohio via the official Ohio State Football equipment truck owned by Ken Blair. OSU Extension organized the delivery of the assembled meals to local non-profit organizations to be distributed in Adams, Brown, Franklin, Hamilton, Highland, and Montgomery counties. Representatives of OSU Extension and the Office of Student Life, as well as the non-profits involved, were on-site as the truck unloaded at each location. Adams, Brown and Highland counties distributed 55,896 meals, which were picked up by local partner agencies and food banks. These local organizations were recognized as champions of food kindness and will provide the food to their community residents. The program is a collaboration among Ohio State Student Life, Athletics, OSU Extension/College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences, Ohio Union Activities board, OSU Alumni Association, Coca-Cola, and 9-11 day.org.

Ohio Food Insecurity Numbers (data from Feeding America, 2022)

Montgomery 14.6%

Hamilton 13.3%

Highland 16.5%

Adams 19.7%

Brown 16.6%

Distribution at each site:

Highland, Adams, Brown Counties – 274 boxes; 9,316 packages; 55,896 meals

Hamilton County – 434 boxes; 14,756 packages; 88,536 meals

Montgomery County – 436 boxes; 14,824 packages; 88,944 meals