The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) helps families learn about healthy eating, shopping on a budget, cooking, and physical activity. EFNEP staff strive to empower participants, p...

Farmers markets connect Connecticut residents with fruits and vegetables grown in their local communities. This role is critical in neighborhoods with limited access to large grocery stores and fresh...

This is a collaborative program that brings together Connecticut consumers, producers, processors, retailers, and others. It provides them with the food safety information and resources they need to c...

Through Husky Nutrition’s Smart Shopping program, Registered Dietitians provide in-store tours and nutrition education at grocery stores and retail food outlets throughout Connecticut. Tour participa...

The Healthy Family Connecticut website is offered by the UConn School & Family SNAP-Ed Program for people receiving benefits from USDA SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The site provid...

Horsebarn Hill and the University’s dairy production help connect residents across Connecticut with the University, thanks to engagement programs and the award-winning Dairy Bar ice cream and cheese p...

In partnership with Connecticut Foodshare, the Husky Harvest Food Pantries addresses food insecurity across UConn. The food pantries are accessible to anyone with a UConn ID and provide the campus com...

Let’s Talk GMOs is an initiative of the GMO Working Group in UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. The group has a multi-faceted outreach campaign to educate the public on the...

Husky Nutrition educators deliver a ten-week “Healthy Beverage Series” to preschoolers' parents and non-parental caregivers. They provide targeted messaging and education focused on reducing sugary dr...

Husky Nutrition educators deliver a ten-week series entitled the “Healthy Beverage Series” to parents and non-parental caregivers of preschoolers. They deliver targeted messaging and education focused...

The program team works closely with state agencies and non-profit partners to help schools source, serve, and celebrate locally grown food. This program helps school food directors find and connect w...

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program is one of the federal government’s longest-running educational outreach programs. It provides nutritional information and empowers families and commun...

Sustainable Community Food Systems offers students a unique opportunity to connect theory and practice through classroom-based work, service learning, and hands-on experiences in the local community....

UConn Extension hosts several programs to help build a sustainable food system that provides residents with fresh, healthy, local food. Sustainability encompasses environmental integrity, economic vit...

The study proposed here will examine a severe limitation of the literature, the impact of food insecurity as it unfolds over the month. It will demonstrate that as household food insecurity increases,...

This program offers summer cooking camps for children aged 11-13 at the Dining Hall, providing a fun and educational opportunity to learn cooking skills. Participants will explore a variety of healthy...

This organization works with community members to increase awareness and involve additional community stakeholders in groups (e.g., additional community HAT teams) to decrease food insecurity and impr...

The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health promotes solutions to food insecurity, poor diet quality, and weight bias through research and policy. The Rudd Center is a leader in building broad-based co...

Working with the Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention Center (motto: Diplomas Before Diapers) staff to deliver after-school programming for 6th-12th graders. Topics include nutrition for heal...

Grounded in a social justice and feminist perspective, the Violence Against Women Prevention Program (VAWPP) is dedicated to addressing and preventing all forms of sexual violence through education, o...

This project targets psychologically distressed divorced parents and improves parental self-regulation via mindfulness as a promising approach to optimizing an existing evidence-based parenting interv...

FREE day of education with experts from the MSC. Attendees learn about ongoing and future MS therapeutic strategies and gain access to unique services and world-class research programs. Participants c...

Sessions regarding Neuroscience. Prof. Fumiko Hoeft engages with children about the intricacies of the brain. Children (and parents!) will learn about brain science on everyday topics, ask questions...

Before ending due to COVID, C. Michael White, a pharmacy faculty member, provided a segment weekly or bi-weekly in the midday news that covered essential topics in the news or seasonal public health t...