Nutrition Education

The University of Wisconsin-Extension Nutrition Education Program (WNEP) responds to the diverse needs and resources of low-income populations by implementing community-based nutrition education programs. A major portion of WNEP is funded by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—Education (SNAP-Ed), a partnership between the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension Family Living Programs.

At the local level, WNEP staff works with public sector and government-funded organizations, non-profits, schools, private sector groups and other agencies to provide community-based nutrition education programs throughoutSawyerCountyand Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe.

Education topics feature meal planning, preparation and budgeting, healthy food choices and food safety. Teaching locations include schools, after school programs, group meetings for parents of young children, visits at WIC (Women, Infants and Children) clinics, discussions at food pantries and community meal sites and other locations where individuals and families meet to share food knowledge, such as at community gardens.

To get food and other assistance…

Assistance Guide for Sawyer County

RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST

Sawyer County Lac Courte Oreilles

• Feeding Our Families Newsletters
• Food $ense Newsletters

State of Wisconsin

• UW – Extension WNEP
• Extension Program in Nutritional Science
• Food Safety and Health
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• UW Extension Food and Nutrition Publications

National and other related sites

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• My Plate
• Nutrition.gov
• Nutrition Facts Label

• Recipe Finder

• Food and Nutrition Services
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
• Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
• Fruits and Veggies More Matters
• Fight BAC (Partnership for Food Safety Education)

STAFF

If you have any questions regarding WNEP in Sawyer County, please contact:

Sue Armsbury
Sawyer & Lac Courte Oreilles WNEP Nutrition Educator
10610 Main, Suite 194

Kim Clark