Greetings from Imperial County!
In the Spotlight!
Mary Welch-Bezemek and Martha Lopez
Making a Difference in Imperial County 
PROGRAMS
UCCE Imperial County CalFresh Nutrition Education Program provides our community with nutrition education and physical exercise for the entire family.
The Youth Nutrition Education Program provides no-cost curriculum, support and resources to pre-school through high school teachers in low-income Imperial County schools to deliver this education in
their classrooms.
The Adult Nutrition Education Program provides evidence based nutrition education to food stamp recipients and other low-income individuals and families in collaboration with local partners.
DREC and UC-CalFresh partner to provide Nutrition and Agriculture on the farm to adults and youth in Imperial County.
OUR PARTNERS
Dedicated to leveraging every opportunity, UC-CalFresh collaborates with dozens of organizations and entities to maximize our successes.
- School Districts
- Public Health Department
- Homeless and Abuse Shelters
- ICCOE Pre-School
- 4-H
- Imperial Valley Press
- Nutrition Network (Champions for Change)
- Desert Research and Extension Center (DREC)
- Community Centers
- Charter Schools
- Imperial Valley Community College
IMPACT
Imperial County UC-CalFresh is making a vital impact providing our community’s most vulnerable populations with the information they need to make healthier, wiser food choices:
3,633 children served
26 schools served
176 teachers helped
425 classes taught
6,881 adults received nutrition education
$253,613 brought into the county
SUCCESSES
Approximately 52% of Imperial County children and adults who participated in UC-CalFresh changed their behaviors in the following ways:
- Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables
- Now read food labels when making food choices
- Increased their physical activity
- Children are now willing to try new foods at school
- More children bring fruit as a snack
- More children are identifying healthy food choices
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2011 Field and Vegetable Crop
Guidelines are now available!
Stop by our office and get
your copy!
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Select Agricultural Briefs are
now available in Spanish.
Please select Articulos Elegidos
de Agricultura under the news-
letters tab on the left to access
them.
Agrícolas Breves seleccionadas
estan ahora disponibles en Español.
Opríme el botón a la izquierda
(Newsletters) para acceder Cartas
de Noticias y luego opríme
Articulos Elegidos de Agricultura.
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UC Food Blog
More young people see future in farming
Posted 1/26/2012 -
The USDA is gearing up for the 2012 Census of Agriculture, the complete count it makes every five years of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The agricultural census provides a fascinating look at farming demographics: How old are...
Plan, shop, save and cook
Posted 1/24/2012 -
To meet the needs of today’s time-pressed consumers, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisors collected the most pertinent food budgeting and healthy eating concepts together in a new curriculum that can be presented in...
Contact Information
Imperial County
Cooperative Extension
1050 East Holton Road
Holtville, CA 92250-9615
Phone: (760) 352-9474
Fax: (760) 352-0846
Director:
Dr Khaled M Bali
