 WHAT
IS NUTRITION EDUCATION
Families enrolled in nutrition
sessions learn to:
- Save more money at the grocery store.
- Plan nutritious and tasty meals.
- Choose the best food for family's health.
- Store food safely and prevent waste.
- Help kids learn to make healthy food choices.
- Use other community resources.
RELATED INFORMATION OF INTEREST
Eat Better for Less (1 page, 151 KB) - Print and mail in
this form to sign up for free information.- Food Safety and
Health - the premier resource for food safety & health information for Wisconsin consumers. Your source for up-to-date and research-tested information on food preservation, food safety, starting a small food business, and hot topics in food safety and health.
- Meat HACCP -
research-based help for small meat and poultry
processors. Key resources on this site include:
THERM a web-based program for evaluating deviations in raw product processing
or handling; HACCP Model Plans - model plans jointly developed by the Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (Food Safety division)
and the University of Wisconsin-Extension for use by small and very small meat
processors throughout the state.
- Nutrition Education Partners in Racine
County
- Nutrition
Resources Webography
- UW - Extension WNEP
(Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program)
- MyPyramid.gov
- Wisconsin FIRST - Think of Wisconsin first for research-based information on the safety and quality of dairy foods, meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables and more! Food Science Extension specialists offer expert advise in the areas of meat safety, good agricultural practices (GAPs) and fruit and vegetable safety, dairy foods, and consumer food safety and health. Through research and training, we strive to maintain and improve the safety, variety and quality of food products available in Wisconsin and throughout the world.
NUTRITION EDUCATION STAFF
If you have any questions regarding WNEP in
Racine County, please contact:
Racine Kenosha Nutrition Education Program
1220 Mound Avenue
Racine, WI 53404
Phone: (262) 635-6824
Toll Free: 1-877-469-3202
Fax: (262) 635-1373
TTY: 1-800-947-3529
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