In 2018, Ann Dow (bottom left), local StrongWomen leader, guides a group through a series of strength training exercises developed by Dr. Miriam Nelson at Tufts University. StrongWomen is nationally disseminated through the Extension Service. Thirteen different StrongWomen and StrongPeople programs are offered throughout the Columbia River Gorge.
In 2017, Lauren Kraemer, assistant professor of practice with OSU Extension, guides a group of Seed to Supper class participants in a cooking demonstration featuring Food Hero Recipe “Spring Fling Chowder” (foodhero.org/recipes/spring-fling-chowder).
In 2016, a la carte Food Preservation class students partake in a “Pickled Green Bean” lab to learn how acidification renders low-acid foods safe for Boiling Water Bath Canning. Download the how-to guide on your smartphone at catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/pnw689.
1940s Extension Home Economics Agent, Pauline Bunting, assists local community group in stitching and stuffing mattresses.
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In 2018, Ann Dow (bottom left), local StrongWomen leader, guides a group through a series of strength training exercises developed by Dr. Miriam Nelson at Tufts University. StrongWomen is nationally disseminated through the Extension Service. Thirteen different StrongWomen and StrongPeople programs are offered throughout the Columbia River Gorge.
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In 2017, Lauren Kraemer, assistant professor of practice with OSU Extension, guides a group of Seed to Supper class participants in a cooking demonstration featuring Food Hero Recipe “Spring Fling Chowder” (foodhero.org/recipes/spring-fling-chowder).
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In 2016, a la carte Food Preservation class students partake in a “Pickled Green Bean” lab to learn how acidification renders low-acid foods safe for Boiling Water Bath Canning. Download the how-to guide on your smartphone at catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/pnw689.
In the over 100 years that the Extension Service has provided Family and Health programming in communities, the types and content of information has changed dramatically as we seek to provide needed and useful information to communities about how to improve and maintain health.
We continue to provide food preservation and food safety education and outreach as we have done for over a century, but now, our information is accessible via dozens of online recipes and publications, a state-wide Food Preservation Facebook Page, as well as a nationally award winning “Canning Timer and Checklist” app for both iPhone and Android users that simply and effectively guides users through every step of the canning process.
We’re no longer teaching folks how to stuff their own mattresses or the finer points of removing stains from various fabrics as my Home Economics predecessors would have done. Today, our mission is to support healthy individuals, healthy families, and healthy communities through our work in health equity, food systems, nutrition education, healthy cooking, and physical activity.
You’ll see us working in the community in schools, food pantries, grocery stores, housing sites and at various community meetings, coalitions, and advisory councils. We provide programs like FoodHero.org, StrongWomen, and Master Food Preservers and support initiatives like Blue Zones, the Food Security Coalition, and Healthy Celebrations in local schools.
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