The Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program is making a difference in the lives of real people. Read below and learn how the program has helped Indiana residents.
Congratulations to Marion County NEPA Wanda Ocasio Nelson, honored with the 2023 Vision Award by the Indy Chamber’s Hispanic Business...
For eight Allen County moms, NEP Advisor Veronica Briles' Learn, Grow, Eat & Go class offers friendship, hope, and a new – more...
After a week of rain, the sun came out for the grand opening of the award-winning J. Long Memorial Second Street Park. For the residents of...
Everyone goes to the grocery store hoping for a good deal. Few expect to be handled free food, recipes, and vouchers for groceries. But...
Mom suffering from social anxiety and PTSD walks 4.5 miles one way every week to learn how to cook, manage the family's food resources, and...
Nutrition Education Program Advisor Mar Lopez creates a sense of community in every class by making a class group and texting encouraging messages,...
NEP Advisor Veronica Briles welcomes new young arrivals to the U.S. by helping them navigate American culture. For some of the Central and South...
NEPA Diana Perez Pantoja goes to the Consulado de Mexico en Indianapolis to represent NEP every month. There, as a guest of the Mexican Consulate...
At 83, Karen Sechrist (left) learned how to cook with NEP Advisor Brenda Moster. Her husband did all of the cooking before he passed, but after a...
Mia and Estrella Sprowl Hernandez have been a part of the Nutrition Education Program for most of their lives. Mia was 3 and Estrella just 6 months...
Struggling with health challenges and limited mobility, James Fraim turned to his insurance company's website for someone who would point them...
A Warren community garden doubles as a classroom for NEP Advisor Veronica Briles and her students. There, beside the rows of produce, children play...
Nutrition Education Program Advisor Marla White's students expected to learn how to eat right. Little did they know she would teach them how...
PNEP "Growing Together" project brings new produce to a new community during COVID-19 pandemic. The project is a collaborative,...
Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program Advisor, Danica Williams, recently taught the CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) curriculum...