Nutrition, Food Preservation, Food Safety, Cooking for Crowds

Food and Nutrition

Training sessions and public programs on food topics are presented to many audiences. The most common topics are the Food Pyramid; Reading the New Food Label; Reducing Fat in the Diet; Healthy Snacks for Children; Altering Recipes; and Making Homemade Master Mixes.

• Health-related publications

• Nutrition publications and recipes

Food Preservation

• Canning

• Freezing

• Food Drying

• Let's Preserve: Entire Series

• Can Home-Canned Food Spoil?

• Using Home Preserved Foods Safely

Food Safety: Throughout the year, we answer consumer questions.

Cooking For Crowds

Food safety training for volunteer quantity cooks, who prepare, serve, or handle food at any event. Workshop includes the following food safety concerns:

1. Planning and Purchasing
2. Storing Food Supplies
3. Preparing Food
4. Transporting, Storing, and Serving Cooked Food
5. Handling Leftovers

Participants receive a packet of resources for later use.

Eat Well: A Program for Healthy Eating

Additional Foods & Nutrition Resources

• My Pyramid:
  www.mypyramid.gov
• The American Heart Association:
  www.americanheart.org/
• The Diabetes Association:
  www.diabetes.org/
• American Cancer Society:
  www.cancer.org/
• National Osteoporosis Association:
  www.nof.org/
• Arizona's Bone Builders:
  www.bonebuilders.org/
• USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS):
  www.fsis.usda.gov/