Category Archives: Physical Activity

4-H Invest an Acre Grant

4-H Invest An Acre, and the Howard Buffett Foundation are working together to provide grants to local 4-H clubs and counties to combat local hunger. By teaming up with Invest An Acre, 4-H can reach out to the people who grow the food for our nation. I am lucky enough to be able to work with St. Bernard’s Child Care, Troop 380, and the Extension Office in Douglas/Sarpy Counties with this grant.  We built 4 raised beds this week and planted
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What’s for Breakfast?

Guest Blog from Beth Bruck-Upton MA, RD, Health and Wellness Program Manager, Midwest Dairy Council It’s a typical weekday morning, scrambling to get ready for work, get the kids up and ready for school or childcare, checking bags for homework, permission slips, and then loading the car.  As you are driving down the street, you realize “Oh my, I forgot about breakfast!” Has this happened to you?  It’s okay because most schools and daycare centers offer a healthy breakfast each morning for
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So Little Time, So Much To Do

While we will continue to post regularly to this blog, we will be featuring bonus blogs written by guests that also specialize in nutrition and physical activity education.  The following blog is written by UNL Dietetic Intern, Lauren Huckabee.  She has spent the last two weeks shadowing our UNL Extension Nutrition Education Program staff and has assisting in teaching our program participants.  Below she offer some good insight into how to "plan" and make exercise and nutritious eating fit into your busy life. Submitted by Lauren Huckabeee: The year
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