Healthy communities begin with access to nutritious food, reliable information, and opportunities to build lifelong healthy habits. N.C. Cooperative Extension in Yancey County provides educational programs that help individuals and families make healthy choices that fit their lives, budgets, and goals.
Our nutrition and health programs focus on practical, everyday skills such as meal planning, healthy cooking, food budgeting, chronic disease prevention, and increasing access to nutritious foods. Through community partnerships, food demonstrations, educational workshops, and local initiatives such as Harvest Share, we connect residents with resources to support healthier lifestyles.
Whether you're looking for nutritious recipes, wellness education, or strategies for improving your family's health, we'rehttps://yancey.ces.ncsu.edu/admin/pages/1310/unpublish/ here to help you take the next step toward a healthier future.
Eat Smart, Move More NC is a statewide movement promoting opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity wherever people live, learn, earn, play, and pray.
Eat Smart, Move More NC WebsiteEFNEP helps participants learn skills and strategies to feed their family nutritious meals on a limited budget and improve their overall health.
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