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| SNAPEd Garden at Oak Park Senior Housing |
Baton
Rouge, LA - Through the SU Ag Center’s SNAPEd program headed by De’Shoin York, Assistant
Specialist, nutrition, Stephanie Elwood, Extension Associate, Community Gardens,
implemented the Oak Park Senior Living garden, and tied it into the nutrition weekly
classes taught by the Center’s Nutrition Educator - Kaci Ernest. The apartment residents are
all seniors that enjoy independent living who attend a weekly Nutrition
Education class. In addition to nutrition education, they built a raised bed garden
and planted vegetables. Elwood
expressed her gratitude to the active residents and faculty of Oak Park for delightfully
maintaining the garden and producing tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers,
and basil.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) offers nutrition assistance to millions of
eligible, low income individuals and families and provides economic benefits to
communities. SNAP is the largest program in the domestic hunger safety
net. SNAP-Ed is a nutrition education program funded by the US Department
of Agriculture.
For
further details, contact Stephanie Elwood at 225-771-2134.
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Contact:
Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
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