Kenosha County

The Power is Off:  Is the Food Still Safe? If the power goes off in your home due to a winter storm or an unexpected summertime power outage, it may be difficult to determine whether the food in your refrigerator or freezer is safe to consume. This fact sheet will help you to decide whether [...]

Nothing is more rewarding than transforming the bounty of your garden to delicious home-preserved food.  Be sure to follow safe, tested recipes for maximum enjoyment.  There are several resources available to you from UW-Extension to assist you. Preservation Equipment Supplies (PDF).  Information about different types of food preservation equipment and supplies and links to their sources. [...]

For the summer months, Nutrition Educator Delace Booth will be going to the City Hall WIC program once a month, on their pick-up days, to do a cooking demonstration based on the available produce.  The produce for sampling is supplied by the Farmer who is hosting the farmer’s market at City Hall.  Since it was [...]

In the past month, two students between the ages of 10-17 yrs, have participated in the nutrition classes, conducted by Valerie Arnold, at the ACE program.  The Fast Food Lesson addressed how much fat that is in the foods that we choose at fast food restaurants and how to make healthier, low-fat food choices. The students [...]

Here are a few stories about the work we do: Cindi Armstrong, RKNEP Nutrition Educator, led a class on Whole Grains with the Zimmerman Group as part of a Healthy Eating series.  After a looking at grain food labels and discussing the benefits of eating whole grains, participants were asked, “After what you have learned [...]