FOOD, NUTRITION & HEALTH — Nutrition Education Program (NEP)

(Photo by Vicki Jedlicka, Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County)
(Photo by Vicki Jedlicka, Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County)

NEP provides nutrition education and food access resources through educational classes and policy, system and environmental (PSE) initiatives which help make the places people live, work and play healthier. Last year, NEP staff reached 142 families, 100 adults and 8,324 youth with direct education and 16,209 individuals with PSE approaches. Pictured is Extension Associate Dana Hardy (far left) at the Lincoln Public Schools’ McPhee Family Literacy Group. During the last class of the series, participants bring food to explore each others’ cultural cooking.