Foods & Nutrition
Description
Foods & Nutrition is a statewide 4-H project. It features curriculum
that will guide you through the project. For a copy contact your
County 4-H Office or order online at: Extension
Publications.
Foods & Nutrition 1
This beginning project is aimed at grades 3-4. Learn what’s good to eat and how to fix foods, such as, pizza pockets, fruit kabobs, granola bars, pancakes, cookies, muffins, stuffed potatoes, churritos, ice cream, and watermelon slushes. Find out why calcium is important to your diet, understand TV commercial messages about food, decode food labels, and compare costs of foods. Learn how to store and handle your food safely. Practice measuring liquid and dry ingredients. Identify careers in the food industry.
BU7144, Level A, Six Easy Bites
Foods & Nutrition 2
This intermediate project is aimed at grades 5-6. Make main dishes, Swedish meatballs, whole-wheat biscuits, muffins, vegetable salads, pasta, pretzels, cocoa mixes, and yogurt. Learn to change recipes, reduce the fat content in foods, make healthy food decisions, and compare food prices. Learn how to store fruit, vegetables and pizza, and how to reheat leftovers.
BU7146, Level B, Tasty Tidbits
Foods & Nutrition 3
This intermediate project is aimed at grades 7-9. Learn to evaluate nutrition information and fad diets. Develop your own exercise program. Learn how to cook less tender cuts of meat and divide family packs of ground meat. Make banana bread, tea rings, oven-baked chicken dinners, chicken curry, Maori bread, breadsticks, and stir-fried vegetables. Compare homemade foods to box mixes and develop a snack product. Make salsa, strawberry freezer jam, and pickle relish. Understand the role of food preservatives, emulsions, and yeast.
BU7148, Level C, You’re the Chef
Foods & Nutrition 4
This advanced project is aimed at grades 10-12. Make a bean burrito, turkey, oven-roasted chicken, meat loaf, apple pie, Greek baklava, and Mexican flan. Learn how to can snap beans, make jelly, bake fish, and marinate meat. Conduct a food activity with young children, identify food assistance programs, “precycle” before shopping, divide recipes, plan menus with various budgets, compare costs of eating out, and plan and cater a party.
BU7150, Level D, Foodworks
Foods & Nutrition Leader
BU7730, Fantastic Foods Series Helper’s Guide
4H500, I’m a 4-H Project Leader. Now What Do I Do?
Foods Preservation
This beginning project introduces you to the basics of preserving fruits, vegetables and meats safely. Select publications from the UW-Extension Safe Food Preservation Series for the foods that you want to preserve.
B0430, Canning Fruit Safely
B1159, Canning Vegetables Safely
B2267, Homemade Pickles and Relishes
B2605, Tomatoes Tart and Tasty.
B2909, Making Jams, Jellies and Fruit Preserves
B3278, Freezing Fruits and Vegetables
B3345, Canning Meat, Wild Game, Poultry and Fish Safely
B3570, Canning Salsa Safely
Events
Want to learn more about Foods & Nutrition? Try the links below.
Foods & Nutrition Project Training
Many counties hold local training for members and leaders in
their favorite project areas, including foods & nutrition. Watch
your county 4-H Family newsletter or contact your county Extension
office for details.
RetroFit Yourself! - Register now to begin your involvement in the Wisconsin 4-H Bike and Fitness Challenge.
Wisconsin 4-H and Youth Conference
If you’re in grades 8-10, check out the next Wisconsin
4-H and Youth Conference, scheduled each June at the UW-Madison
campus. The conference offers educational seminars in most areas
of 4-H. Contact your county Extension office for details.
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County Fair 
The county fair . . . what a great time it is! Every summer, families
flock to county fairs to see the latest 4-H project exhibits. Exhibiting
is a fun and educational way for youth to showcase their project
work to judges and to the public.
Judging materials are supported by Bill Shaw in memory of his wife, Shirley.
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Related Links
There’s so much more to learn in the 4-H Foods & Nutrition
Project. Just follow these links!
American Dietetic
Association
This web site provides practical advice on incorporating the
food guide pyramid into your diet.
Dole
Provides information on fruits and vegetables through coloring
books, adventures, games and songs.
Fleischmann’s Yeast
Site includes product information, recipes, tips and troubleshooting.
Food Safety Information
At this government web site, youth and adults alike can find
lots of information on food safety. You can find everything from
curriculum for educators to tips to preparing bacteria-free foods.
King Arthur Flour Company
Site provides you with recipes for many different types of baked
goods and tips for successful baking.
Kitchen Link
This recipe link is a guide to what’s cooking on the web.
Search the archives and find 100 new ways to bake cookies.
Mayo
Clinic Health Oasis, Nutrition Center
Place to find good nutrition information in a fun, user-friendly
format.
Meals for You, My Menus
Site provides a long list of recipes, cookbooks, meal ideas,
tips and guides for preparing meals, links to make your own shopping
list, and nutritional health guide to help you in the kitchen.
National 4-H Curriculum
Visit this site for updated National 4-H Curriculum information including new titles. Purchase curricula by accessing the online order form.
Oconto County 4-H Project Resources
This web site provides links for many family, home and health
projects including links for fun project ideas on foods and nutrition
and foods preservation.
Red Star Yeast
Features bread-baking basics, recipes and frequently asked questions
about yeast.
Reynolds Kitchens
Resource to help teach youth about food preparation. The brownie
race cars are cute and the snack shape bingo is interesting.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture: MyPyramid.gov
This government site
has information on USDA's new food guide pyramid, an important source of information for consumers.
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
At this government web site, you can stay current with all
the current regulations and information regarding what you eat.
U.S. General Services
Administration: Consumer
Information Center
This government web site offers a database of food-related books
and articles you can read online or order to read at home.
UW-Madison
Steenbock Library Resource Guide: Nutrition
Guide to links for many nutrition-related sites.
Wheat Foods Council
The council helps you to learn about the role of grain in your
diet.
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Project Support
For more information on the 4-H Foods & Nutrition Project,
contact the following:
Cooperative Extension
Media Collection
This lending library features several foods and nutrition resources.
UW-Extension County 4-H
Offices
This is your link to a list of Wisconsin County Extension Offices.
Select the county of your choice.
UW-Extension
Publications
Source of many foods and nutrition booklets and resources from
UW-Extension.
UW-Extension
Food Preservation & Food Safety State Specialist: Barb
Ingham
UW-Extension
Nutrition Education State Specialist: Susan Nitzke
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Application for Registration as a Registered Judge for Wisconsin Fairs