UGA Seeks To Hire Local Food and Nutrition Expert

Last year our Prenatal to Pre-K work group identified nutrition and its impact on early brain development as a key issue facing our birth to age five population. During the spring of 2011, this work group determined that the community needed a way to educate low-income families with small children on how to live a healthy lifestyle within their price range. The University of Georgia’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) was persuaded by the work group’s eagerness to localize EFNEP in Whitfield County.

The program works by educating families with young children on how to make simple, nutritious meals for the same cost and time as running to a local fast food restaurant. Our goal is to vocalize the importance of nutritious meals for children and to improve their quality of life in the future. For more information about EFNEP you can visit http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/food/efnep.php

The University of Georgia’s Cooperative Extension Service is currently working with our local WIC program to begin an EFNEP program in Whitfield County. UGA is currently seeking applicants for a local food and nutrition expert under the direction and leadership of the Whitfield County Extension Coordinator, the UGA EFNEP Coordinator, and the Northwest District Extension Director. For more information about this job and to apply you can visit https://www.ugajobsearch.com/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp and the job posting number is 20121064.