Promoting healthy, well-nourished families as they learn to manage food dollars, plan nutritious meals, and purchase, prepare, and serve food that is safe to eat.
Nutrition Education
- FoodWIse
The FoodWIse Program provides nutrition, food budgeting, and food safety education programs to limited income families, children and seniors. FoodWIse offers educational programs in most Wisconsin counties. - Wisconsin School Breakfast
The Wisconsin School Breakfast blog contains information and resources about School Breakfast Programs in general as well as school breakfast program-related information specific to Wisconsin.
Food Safety
- Food Safety and Health
Information on food safety and nutrition to help keep your family healthy. - Under Pressure!
Hunger and Food Security in Wisconsin
- Extending Reach of Farmers Markets to FoodShare Participants
Collection of resources, tools, and funding opportunities to support farmers’ markets in accepting FoodShare (SNAP) benefits - Safe & Healthy Food Pantries Project
The Safe & Healthy Food Pantries Project provides food pantries with guidance on how to improve the nutritional quality and safety of their food inventories. - Wisconsin Connections
Wisconsin Connections is an educational series intended to assist families wanting to connect to state and federal support programs. - Wisconsin Food Security Project
The Wisconsin Food Security Project provides localized information about the food security infrastructure in Wisconsin - Wisconsin Statewide Poverty and Food Insecurity Report (from the Applied Population Laboratory)
Health
- StrongWomen™ Wisconsin
Helping women of all ages live stronger, healthier lives by providing knowledge, inspiration, access to programs and ongoing support.
Biotechnology
- Biotechnology Outreach
The mission of the program is to provide information, insight and analysis of technical and social issues of biotechnology to people in Wisconsin. Tours and workshops are available for learners of all ages. - Biotechnology Teaching Tools
Resources for extension educators include PowerPoint slide sets, posters, handouts and conferences. - USDA Biotechnology
NIFA funded research, education, and extension to develop and use biotechnologies for food and agriculture.
How We Make a Difference
- Short reports showing the effectiveness of our nutrition, health and food safety programs across the state
Other resources
Nutrition.Gov
Nutrition.gov provides easy access to information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers, educators and health professionals.
Choose My Plate
USDA’s new Choose My Plate food guidance system provides many options to help Americans make healthy food choices and to be active every day.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Home page for the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, the agency that publishes the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and related materials such as the Healthy Eating Index, Nutrition Insights reports, and the Thrifty Food Plan.
USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Nutrition Education
FNS provides children and adults of all ages with nutrition education materials on how to improve their diets and their lives.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. Formerly the American Dietetic Association.
CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity Topic Index
Nutrition and physical activity information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
eXtension – Families, Food and Fitness
Your portal to objective, research-based and credible information you can use every day to improve your life. Brought to you by experts from the nation’s largest and oldest network of universities.