Tuesday, May 29th:
Today we went to the Holter Holstein Farm. The farmer's daughter, Alissa, lead the tour of the farm and a representative from the American Dairy Association also attended to add some insight. The farm is a family business that was started over 60 years ago. The family has about 350 milk cows. I was very impressed by how clean the facility was. The family does a great job of running an efficient farm. We spent a lot of time in the cow milking parlor where they milk all of their cows twice a day. They definitely have their work cut out for them!
Thursday, May 31st:
Today we had the locavore bunch. Our group purchased a few locally made products:
1. Vino de Milo marinara sauce
2. Crumb's bakery spinach fettucine
3. Shagbark chips
4. Frog ranch salsa
All of the products were made here in Athens, except for the salsa, which is made in Glouster. I thought this was a really nice way to end the quarter. I think it's important to support the local community. I enjoyed trying all the different dishes each group came up with.
We purchased the spinach fettucine since were planted spinach in our garden. We thought the use of the spinach to make fettucine was different and may be a little more appealing to our project population.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Week 9
Tuesday, May 22nd:
Today we didn't meet officially in class, so my group met at the library and worked on our final project.
Thursday, May 24th:
Today our speaker is Karen Bakies, RD, LD. She is the Nutrition Affairs Director for the American Dairy Association Mideast. The National Dairy Council strives to do the following:
"Provide timely, scientific-based nutrition information to the media, physicians, dietitians, nurses, educators, consumers, and others concerned about fostering a healthy lifesyle."
"Administer grants to independent researchers to aid in discovery new information about dairy foods and their important role in a healthy lifestyle."
They are funded by dairy farmers. In addition to telling us a little bit about the Dairy Council, Karen also spoke with us about communication, social media, and how to craft our message.
Today we didn't meet officially in class, so my group met at the library and worked on our final project.
Thursday, May 24th:
Today our speaker is Karen Bakies, RD, LD. She is the Nutrition Affairs Director for the American Dairy Association Mideast. The National Dairy Council strives to do the following:
"Provide timely, scientific-based nutrition information to the media, physicians, dietitians, nurses, educators, consumers, and others concerned about fostering a healthy lifesyle."
"Administer grants to independent researchers to aid in discovery new information about dairy foods and their important role in a healthy lifestyle."
They are funded by dairy farmers. In addition to telling us a little bit about the Dairy Council, Karen also spoke with us about communication, social media, and how to craft our message.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
week 8
Tuesday, May 15:
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) representative - Melissa Alfano, MS, RD, LD, came to speak to our class. WIC is a supplemental food and nutrition program that is open to pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants, children, and those on medicaid. In order to be eligible, the previously mentioned population must be at or below 185% of the poverty income guideline and have some sort of nutritional risk. Such risks involve anemia, underweight or overweight, pregnancy complications, and inappropriate nutrition practices. WIC is federally funded and the following is available to those who qualify: nutr education, breastfeeding education, and supplemental foods. It is the mission of WIC to improve pregnancy outcomes, decrease infant mortality rate, and to provide infants and children with a healthy start. It is the role of the RD to complete health history forms, complete assessments, create nutrition care plans, and to make referrals.
Thursday, May 17th:
Good Earth Farms - today we went to this farm and we got a tour from David, the person who first created the farm. This particular farm is a non-profit and all produce that is grown is donated to local food pantries. They have cows, goats, chickens, and a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Money to run the farm is provided through both grants and out of their own pocket.
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) representative - Melissa Alfano, MS, RD, LD, came to speak to our class. WIC is a supplemental food and nutrition program that is open to pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants, children, and those on medicaid. In order to be eligible, the previously mentioned population must be at or below 185% of the poverty income guideline and have some sort of nutritional risk. Such risks involve anemia, underweight or overweight, pregnancy complications, and inappropriate nutrition practices. WIC is federally funded and the following is available to those who qualify: nutr education, breastfeeding education, and supplemental foods. It is the mission of WIC to improve pregnancy outcomes, decrease infant mortality rate, and to provide infants and children with a healthy start. It is the role of the RD to complete health history forms, complete assessments, create nutrition care plans, and to make referrals.
Thursday, May 17th:
Good Earth Farms - today we went to this farm and we got a tour from David, the person who first created the farm. This particular farm is a non-profit and all produce that is grown is donated to local food pantries. They have cows, goats, chickens, and a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Money to run the farm is provided through both grants and out of their own pocket.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Week 7
Tuesday, May 8th:
Today we went to the OSU extension office and heard from both Brittany Pangburn and Joyce Shriner. The mission of the extension office is to "engage people to strengthen their lives and communities through research based educational programming." Most of the funding for their programs comes from OSU.
Brittany is currently a graduate student that works along with the extension office in their 4-H department. 4-H is a program that is open to the children in the Athens area (they have branches across the U.S.) Through this program, youth are able to develop various projects, ranging from raising live stock to photography. The funding comes from OSU, the county commissioners, membership fees, and sometimes from taxes (if they area supports it). Although Brittany was not a RD, the nutrition professional could have a role in helping oversee the nutrition or health science projects.
Joyce spoke about OSU's involvement with FNP (Family Nutrition Program) which works with families receiving food assistance. They facilitate classes about nutrition-related topics so families can learn how to best nourish their bodies.
Thursday, May 10th:
Today we heard from the Office of Sustainability about their compost system and the ecohouse. Funding for these comes from grants the office receives. Currently two dining halls on campus compost and their waste is collected and brought to the compost facility. They are currently expanding and hope to be able to include all dining halls in the future. Once composted, the end product is inspected for quality and then distributed throughout campus, mostly on landscape and the intramural fields.
The Ecohouse is run by the Office of Sustainability and three students are given the chance to live there each year. Students must submit an application and commit to working on a project each quarter. Solar panels, rain water collection, composting, and gardening are a few things that are incorporated into living at the Ecohouse. I thought it was funny that most of the energy that is collected from the solar panels works to power the refrigerator.
Today we went to the OSU extension office and heard from both Brittany Pangburn and Joyce Shriner. The mission of the extension office is to "engage people to strengthen their lives and communities through research based educational programming." Most of the funding for their programs comes from OSU.
Brittany is currently a graduate student that works along with the extension office in their 4-H department. 4-H is a program that is open to the children in the Athens area (they have branches across the U.S.) Through this program, youth are able to develop various projects, ranging from raising live stock to photography. The funding comes from OSU, the county commissioners, membership fees, and sometimes from taxes (if they area supports it). Although Brittany was not a RD, the nutrition professional could have a role in helping oversee the nutrition or health science projects.
Joyce spoke about OSU's involvement with FNP (Family Nutrition Program) which works with families receiving food assistance. They facilitate classes about nutrition-related topics so families can learn how to best nourish their bodies.
Thursday, May 10th:
Today we heard from the Office of Sustainability about their compost system and the ecohouse. Funding for these comes from grants the office receives. Currently two dining halls on campus compost and their waste is collected and brought to the compost facility. They are currently expanding and hope to be able to include all dining halls in the future. Once composted, the end product is inspected for quality and then distributed throughout campus, mostly on landscape and the intramural fields.
The Ecohouse is run by the Office of Sustainability and three students are given the chance to live there each year. Students must submit an application and commit to working on a project each quarter. Solar panels, rain water collection, composting, and gardening are a few things that are incorporated into living at the Ecohouse. I thought it was funny that most of the energy that is collected from the solar panels works to power the refrigerator.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Week Six
Tuesday, May 1st:
Janine Farber, RD, LD, Med, came to speak about her job at Meijer. Along with four other RDs, she is a part of the Meijer Healthy Living Program. It is their mission to create and communicate health solutions and product knowledge and thus increasing sales and customer loyalty. The funding for their programs comes from sponsorships. They plan numerous events in the community (cooking demos, presentations, health fairs), in-store (taste of Meijer) in addition to media segments and magazine publications. It is the role of the RD to facilitate these programs. I thought it was really smart of them to utilize Pinterest as a social media source. I started "following" Meijer on Pinterst and think it's a great source for fellow RDs to use.
Thursday, May 3rd:
Heidi Anderson, the education and special events coordinator at WellWorks came to speak today. She plans a wide range of programs throughout the year. A few she specficially spoke about were Winter gathering, Healthy Monday newsletters, health education for faculty, staff, and community memebers, Walk for your cause, and the Community Supported Agriculture project. Funding for these programs comes from WellWorks membership fees and from human resources. The monitoring/evaluation of the programs comes from participant feedback.
Janine Farber, RD, LD, Med, came to speak about her job at Meijer. Along with four other RDs, she is a part of the Meijer Healthy Living Program. It is their mission to create and communicate health solutions and product knowledge and thus increasing sales and customer loyalty. The funding for their programs comes from sponsorships. They plan numerous events in the community (cooking demos, presentations, health fairs), in-store (taste of Meijer) in addition to media segments and magazine publications. It is the role of the RD to facilitate these programs. I thought it was really smart of them to utilize Pinterest as a social media source. I started "following" Meijer on Pinterst and think it's a great source for fellow RDs to use.
Thursday, May 3rd:
Heidi Anderson, the education and special events coordinator at WellWorks came to speak today. She plans a wide range of programs throughout the year. A few she specficially spoke about were Winter gathering, Healthy Monday newsletters, health education for faculty, staff, and community memebers, Walk for your cause, and the Community Supported Agriculture project. Funding for these programs comes from WellWorks membership fees and from human resources. The monitoring/evaluation of the programs comes from participant feedback.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Week 5
Tuesday, April 24th:
Today Francie came to speak to the class. She is currently the RD that is employed through WellWorks, which is a facility that emphasizes overall wellness. Optimal health is key, which means they strive to help an individual be in the best health they can be for who they are. They strive to provide the best wellness program for their customers. WellWorks is open to faculty/staff and their dependents, as well as community members, graduate students, corporate members and retired staff. Those that are members have a wide variety of services they can take advantage of, which include wellness coaching, cholesterol screenings, BP screenings, messages, body composition testing, nutrition counseling, and workouts with a personal training, just to name a few.
WellWorks is funded by membership fees and from the OU wellness funds (Francie's salary comes from both as well). Francie is an integral factor of success of the wellness program. As a RD, she provides to date nutrition information, acts as a resource to staff, facilitates nutrition education and counseling, analyzes diets, and counsels disordered eating patients.
Thursday, April 26th:
Today Francie came to speak to the class. She is currently the RD that is employed through WellWorks, which is a facility that emphasizes overall wellness. Optimal health is key, which means they strive to help an individual be in the best health they can be for who they are. They strive to provide the best wellness program for their customers. WellWorks is open to faculty/staff and their dependents, as well as community members, graduate students, corporate members and retired staff. Those that are members have a wide variety of services they can take advantage of, which include wellness coaching, cholesterol screenings, BP screenings, messages, body composition testing, nutrition counseling, and workouts with a personal training, just to name a few.
WellWorks is funded by membership fees and from the OU wellness funds (Francie's salary comes from both as well). Francie is an integral factor of success of the wellness program. As a RD, she provides to date nutrition information, acts as a resource to staff, facilitates nutrition education and counseling, analyzes diets, and counsels disordered eating patients.
Thursday, April 26th:
Today in class, Dr. Holben talked about the Ohio Board of
Dietetics (the scheduled speaker was not present). The board oversees all
things related to the dietetics licenses that a RD must have in order to
practice. It is the mission of the board “to protect the public by regulating
the practice of dietetics through licensure, and by fairly and consistently
enforcing the laws and rules governing nutritional practices.” In order to
receive the license, an individual has to first pass the RD exam. In addition,
dietitians are required to do continuing education to ensure that they are
keeping up with the to date health care practices.
Ohio Board of Dietetics fun fact: Francie is currently on the board.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Week 4
Tuesday, April 17th:
Our first guest speaker came to class today. He was a representative from SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). It is a program that assists those who do not have enough money to purchase food. They are sponsored by the USDA and they provide enough money to each individual to buy food for 3 weeks of each month. The government monitors the program planning, monitoring, and evaluations. At this time, there is not a nutrition professional that is involved with the program.
He brought informational handouts that gave us a closer look into the numbers of each county in Ohio and the number of individuals that are food insecure. It was definitely eye opening.
Thursday, April 19th:
Today we spoke about all the different agencies that are available for those in need. I really enjoyed learning about each agency and realized how much there is to offer. I think each of these programs was unique and they play a vital role. This also gave me a good idea of different career options down the road.
Our first guest speaker came to class today. He was a representative from SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). It is a program that assists those who do not have enough money to purchase food. They are sponsored by the USDA and they provide enough money to each individual to buy food for 3 weeks of each month. The government monitors the program planning, monitoring, and evaluations. At this time, there is not a nutrition professional that is involved with the program.
He brought informational handouts that gave us a closer look into the numbers of each county in Ohio and the number of individuals that are food insecure. It was definitely eye opening.
Thursday, April 19th:
Today we spoke about all the different agencies that are available for those in need. I really enjoyed learning about each agency and realized how much there is to offer. I think each of these programs was unique and they play a vital role. This also gave me a good idea of different career options down the road.
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