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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Franklin County Office
147 Farmington Falls Road, #2
Farmington, ME 04938-6403
Phone: (207) 778-4650 or
800-287-1478 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 778-3982

E-mail: cefrk@umext.maine.edu

Eat Well

Limited-income families* participating in University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Eat Well Nutrition Education Program, learn—in small groups, in schools, in their homes or through correspondence courses—strategies for expanding their food dollar and eating well on low budgets.

Limited Income Nutrition Program 10-Steps to Good Nutrition
(a free learn-by-mail correspondence course)

Register for our Limited Income Nutrition “learn by mail” education series from UMaine Extension. 10-Steps to Good Nutrition is easy to read and includes many tips and recipes to help you save money.

Lessons include:

Step 1: Five Easy Ways to Cut Food Costs

Step 2: Read the Label, and Set a Healthy Table

Step 3: Making Healthy Food Choices

Step 4: Keeping Your Food Safe to Eat

Step 5: The Grain Game: Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta

Step 6: Fruits and Vegetables

Step 7: The Milk Group

Step 8: Meat and Beans

Step 9: Eating Less Fat, Sugar, and Salt

Step 10: Creative Snack Ideas

When you return a completed lesson to UMaine Extension the next one will be sent to you. A postage paid envelope is included with each lesson. There are no tests.

To find out if you qualify*, contact the UMaine Extension office in your area to speak with a nutrition associate. In Franklin County call 207-778-4650 or 1-800-287-1478 (in Maine).

* Participants in the 10-Steps to Good Nutrition program should meet income eligibility requirements.

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