Watch "4-Minute Guide to Food Safety"

Ingredients & Meal Planning

• Added Sugar 101 (PDF, updated 2022)
• Calcium - Are You Getting What You Need? (PDF, updated 2022)
• Hold the Salt! (PDF, updated 2022)
• Planning Healthy Meals Using MyPlate (PDF, 2023)
• Planning Makes Perfect (PDF, 2023)
• Shop With a List (PDF, 2023)
• Smart Snacking (PDF, 2023)
• Start From Scratch: Ingredient Swap! (PDF, 2023)

Food Safety & Storage

• Food Storage Times for the Refrigerator and Freezer (PDF, 2023)
• Safe Food Handling (PDF, 2023)

On a Budget

• Making the Most of Food - More Value, Less Waste (PDF, 2023)
• Shopping When the Budget is Tight - Unit Pricing (PDF, 2023)

Healthy Lifestyles

• Physical Activity - It's Essential! (PDF, 2022)

Local Food: Eating What We Grow

This free 77-pg publication (pdf) helps you select, store, prepare, and enjoy the abundance of produce grown locally in Vermont.  Recipes, nutrition information, and even the cost of some ingredients. Download 'Local Food'

This cookbook is a compilation of favorite recipes shared during Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) classes over the past 50 years. The recipes in this collection may remind you of a family cookbook, since several recipes include a comment or story that was shared by a participant or a peer educator. Help us celebrate 50 years and enjoy sharing these recipes with your family and friends!  Download the EFNEP 50th Anniversary Cookbook:  EFNEP50th_Cookbook.pdf

You don't have to eat the same foods day-in and day-out! 

• Download Cooking for One Recipes (PDF); and watch Across the Fence episodes for tips and advice: Watch Part 1; Watch Part 2.

Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects more than 55,000 Vermonters. Are you at risk?  UVM Extension provides information about identifying symptoms, and learning to live well with diabetes.

A detailed list of Community Kitchens in the Rutland region. View the List >>