Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program’s (EFNEP) mission is to improve the health of limited resource youth and families with young children through practical lessons on basic nutrition and healthy lifestyles, resource management and food safety.

The curriculum is designed to address the essential and core standards for Kindergarten – 5^th grade and 6^th – 9^th grades.

The lessons are developed to positively affect five key health behaviors:

• Increase the youth’s knowledge of human nutrition;

• Increase the variety of foods in the youth’s daily diet;

• Improve the youth’s ability to select low-cost, nutritious foods for meals and snacks;

• Improve food preparation and food safety practices to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses; and

• Increase daily physical activity