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Impact Report
| For plan | KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Otero County) |
| Date | October 29, 2010, 3:19 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The Home Economist presented a foods and nutrition program, “Cooking with Pumpkins and Winter Squash”, to 26 members of the Mayhill Extension Association Club and 18 members of the Calico Extension Association Club. A PowerPoint presentation was developed on the health benefits of eating pumpkins/winter squash and demonstrations were conducted for preparing pumpkins/winter squash and recipes. Completed evaluations indicated that 100 % of participants learned about the health benefits of pumpkins/winter squash; about different varieties and flavors of pumpkin/winter squash; how to select pumpkins/winter squash; how to safely store pumpkins/winter squash in the kitchen; and basic preparation tips for cooking pumpkins/winter squash; 95% of participants learned how to prepare pumpkin puree for use as a cooking ingredient and how to prepare recipes with pumpkins/winter squash as an ingredient. Other evaluation comments by participants included “I have grown pumpkins and your program helped me on preparing and using them, thank you.”; and “Articulate speaker (Home Economist) made presentation interesting and easy to understand.” |