WVU Extension - Family Nutrition Program

08/12/2025

Don't forget that it's important to incorporate a variety of fruits and vegetables into your diet. Try adding peppers and onions to a stir-fry, or add some leafy greens to a sandwich. You can find more ideas on the MyPlate website: https://www.myplate.gov/tip-sheet/vary-your-veggies

08/08/2025

The FARMacy group in Wood County enjoyed trying this Black Bean Lentil Salad with Cumin Lime Dressing. 🤩 Black beans are high in fiber, potassium and other nutrients that support heart health.

What's your favorite nutritious snack? Let us know in the comments!

08/04/2025

OH NO! Quench wants you to . It’s important to be mindful of how drinking too many sugary drinks can affect your health. Water is always your best option! 🤩

07/31/2025

100 adults and kids attended a pop up farmer's market earlier this week at the Benwood-McMechen Public Library. Molly, one of our health educators, read a book and had local produce from Brooke County available for attendees. 🤩 This was a great event, and a fantastic opportunity to teach the community about growing and eating healthy food! 🥕

07/29/2025

Have you tried basil microgreens? Try adding them to a cracker with cream cheese for a delicious and nutritious Summer snack. 🤩

07/19/2025

These mini caprese bites are delicious, and a great snack to make for kids trying veggies for the first time. You can find the recipe here: https://www.myplate.gov/recipes/mini-caprese-bites

These fun, bite-sized snacks are a great way to use basil and tomatoes from a SNAP-Ed garden. They can also help kids learn to like veggies.

07/18/2025

Another great photo from a Remake Learning Days event hosted by Brianna, one of our nutrition outreach instructors. Participants made strawberry kale salad, and took the ingredients home so they could enjoy it again later! 🍓

07/16/2025

One of our Grow This: WV Garden Challenge participants shared this photo and let us know that they're still able to harvest and pressure can red Russian kale to have for dinner in the winter time, thanks to seeds we sent them back in 2023. They've been saving seeds and replanting them each year.

How have you been able to enjoy your crops? Let us know in the comments.

07/14/2025

Check out these photos from a recent harvest at The Marvel Garden. The kids were so excited to eat fresh strawberries! 🤩🍓 Our educators have made a big impact teaching future generations how to grow their own healthy food.

07/03/2025

A short film about FARMacy, a produce prescription program aimed at low-income people living with chronic health conditions.

For more information, visit: https://extension.wvu.edu/food-health/nutrition/fnp/food-access/farmacy

07/02/2025

Popular WVU Extension Family Nutrition Program initiatives, such as the Kids Market @ the Store, are supported heavily by the federal SNAP-Ed funding. Check out this video to learn more about the Kids Market @ the Store Program and how it works. In 2024, 7,006 youth participated at 57 stores across 34 counties in West Virginia.

06/30/2025

Popular WVU Extension Family Nutrition Program initiatives, such as Grow This, are supported heavily by the federal SNAP-Ed funding. Over the years, we have handed out free seeds to thousands of West Virginians. Check out this video from last year, where we visited Elizabeth Campbell, the very first person to sign up for Grow This when it kicked off in 2018. We toured her garden and enjoyed learning how Grow This seeded a passion for gardening in her life.