Extension creates opportunities and provides resources for improved healthy eating.

• Food and Nutrition Education and Projects: Everything you eat and drink matters. The right mix can help you be healthier now and in the future.  The following Extension efforts are underway to meet the needs of those in our communities.
  • FoodWIse: Help Wisconsin Families with low incomes make healthy food choices that work for their family and their budget https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/foodwise/
  • Safe and Healthy Food Pantries Project: Ensure that your food pantry provides safe and nutritious foods https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/safehealthypantries/
  • Wisconsin Food Security Project: Learn about food security in Wisconsin, and identify ways to take action https://foodsecurity.wisc.edu/
• Food and Nutrition Resources: The following sources will help you find resources for low to no cost foods, dietary guidelines, and ideas and tips to help create a healthier eating style to meet individual needs and improve health.
  • Marinette County Food Resources: A list of food pantries, meal programs, food share and other assistance in Marinette County https://marinette.extension.wisc.edu/files/2019/05/Marinette-County-Food-Resources.pdf
  • Wisconsin Food Resources during COVID-19: Information about public programs and community resources to help meet food needs during crisis https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/covid19/2020/05/07/food-resources-to-help-get-through-covid-19/
  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans: See the latest edition of guidelines which reflect the current body of nutrition science, help guide Americans to make healthy choices, and serve as the foundation for policies and programs https://health.gov/our-work/food-nutrition
  • USDA My Plate Website: A reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime https://www.choosemyplate.gov/
  • Stay at Home Tips: Resources to eat nutritious foods safely during the COVID-19 Pandemic, tips for healthy eating for all ages, healthy food prep and recipes, cooking with kids, snack tips, and more https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/covid19/category/topics/health-wellness/
• Food Preservation & Food Safety: When preserving foods at home, it is important to use up-to-date, research tested recipes and practices. Extension recommends using information from the following sources:
  • Safe and Healthy Food For Your Family: Learn tips on home and commercial food and preservation safety https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/safefood/
  • Food Safety in the Time of COVID-19: Tips on cleaning and disinfecting during the pandemic https://marinette.extension.wisc.edu/files/2020/03/Food-Safety-in-the-Time-of-COVID19.pdf