Creating Balance with Food & Fitness:  This seven-week series of interactive sessions will help you know your numbers, develop goals, balance calories, know which foods to increase or reduce and help you increase your physical activity level.  Go to http://food.unl.edu//web/fnh/food_fitness for more information or to register online.

Hall County Newsletter - December 2011, November 2011,  October 2011, September 2011, July 2011, June 2011, May 2011

Weekly Columns  01-25 When Is Food "Done"? 01-22 Gardening Tips; 01-18 Beating the Winter Vegetable Blahs; 1-15 Crops & Water; 1-8 Winter Gardening Tips

Horticulture:  Questions??? - Contact Elizabeth at 308-385-5088 or ekillinger2@unl.edu. 

Master Gardener:  Application Form

2012 Training Dates:  Schedule, Distance Education and Live

Session 1 Distance Education - February 14 - March 20 (Tuesday evenings), 6-9 p.m.

Session 2 Live Presentations: March 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23 - 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

Master Gardener Brochure (pdf)

State Master Gardener Program http://extensionhorticulture.unl.edu/mg/      

Food Safety

ServSafe Is a nationally recognized food safety training and certification program established by the National Restaurant Association.  This training provides the latest science-based information on food safety and best practices in the industry.  This course is designed for food service managers and supervisory staff in restaurants, hospitals, schools, long-term care facilities and other food-handling establishments.   Call 308-385-5088 for more info.  ServSafe trainings:

Grand Island on February 27-28

Kearney on March 26-27

North Platte on April 23-24

Hastings on May 7-8

Grand Island on September 17-18

ServSafe Starters Program is a basic food safety class that focuses on four key principles (see Starters brochure 318KB).  Contact Cami Wells at 385-5088 to schedule a time that is convenient for your facility.

Cooking Safely for a Crowd Workshop  -  There's a lot to learn about safe food preparation and handling and if you don't do it for a living, you may not be aware of all the special techniques involved in cooking for a large group of people.  You cook for a crowd if you volunteer to prepare, serve or handle food at a banquet, church supper, pancake breakfast, family reunion picnic, concession stand, fair booth, soup supper, etc.  Call Cami at 308-385-5088 to schedule a class.

Co-Parenting For Successful Kids is an educational course for parents who are in the process of divorce or interested in custody modification or paternity proceedings.  See the brochure or call Barbara at 308-385-5088 for program dates/times.

 Nutrition Education Program (NEP) teaches nutrition, food safety and food resource management to limited resource families.  Call 308-385-5088 for information about NEP classes or go to http://nebraskanep.unl.edu/nep/pages/index.jsp.

• NEP is free to all participants who meet income guidelines
• Classes are available in English and Spanish
• NEP staff teach participants individually and in small groups
• Classes are taught at agency or community sites, at home through mail lessons, Internet, or home visits

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