May 31st- Today we met as a class at the Dairy Lane Park. It was great to have everyone meet there. Each group brought 2 different types of food that were from local places in Athens. We discussed some thing that had went on during the year such as our 2 dollar a day meal plan and our menu assignments.

May 29th- Today we went to Holter's Farms. I loved going there, it was great to see all cool things that they have done! We got to tour their farm. It was great to see how much hard work they do! Their processes everyday of milking the cows was very interesting. I did not know something could be done like that.

May 22nd- Today we worked within our groups to finish our final assessment. It was great to get together and split up the final project to finalize it!


May 24th- Today our guest speaker is Karen Bakies, RD, LD. She is the Student Affairs Director with the American Dairy Association Mideast. We learned that it has been around since 1915 to be a leader in nutrition research, nutrition education, childhood nutrition and communication. They provide scientific-based nutrition info to the media, physicians, dietitians, nurses, educators, consumers and others. American Dairy Association is funded through dairy farmers. She covers the states of Ohio and West Virgina. There are 3,099 dairy farmers in Ohio. There nutrition messages want to be quality information. The communication should be accurate, science-based food and nutrition information. Overall, this was a great presentation. I learned so much about the Dairy Association!

May 17th- Today we went to Good Earth Farm. It was a non-profit organization that provides 10,000 tons a year to help people in need. It was great to see how people can contribute and donate their time to help the people in need. They were funded by many grants that they have gotten over the years. Also, Paul stated that his wife also helped the funding by teaching at Hocking College. We had a tour around the farm. He showed us and gave us information about Athens county and the way they help to contribute each year. Paul also stated that volunteers can come on Saturdays between 9-1p.m. It would be great as a class if we could contribute and go for one weekend. Overall, it was a great experience to see how Good Earth Farm works to contribute to the community.

May 15th- Today our guest speaker was Melissa Alfano. She is a RD, LD, MS. She is the coordinator director for WIC. She explained that WIC deals with women, children, and infants. It is a supplemental program that helps with women and children that are below the 185% of the U.S. poverty line. WIC is federally funded 100% within all 88 counties in Ohio. WIC improves the pregnancy outcomes, reduces infant mortality, ad provides a healthy start for the infant. It also provides nutrition education, breast feeding education, supplemental foods, and opportunities to go to the farmers market to get fresh produce. WIC also supports breast feeding instead of using formula. I loved having Melissa come into speak because it is something that I want to do with my career when I graduate!

May 8th Today we went to the OSU extension to learn about the program 4-H. Our first speaker was Brittany Pangburn. She explained what 4-H stands for which is head, health, hand, and heart. The purpose of the organization 4-H is socialization. There are three different branches within 4-H. 4-H is associated with organic growing duh as there livestock. She talked about how in 1983, "branding 4-H" for saving Americas youth. 4-H is funded through membership fees and county commissioners. They are also funded through levy's in other county's. Our second speaker was Joyce Shriner which is the Extension Educator. She talked about the history of the OSU Extension. It works mostly with adults. I found it interesting that Ohio State University was named in 1878. It is funded through the government. She said that mission of the Extension is to engage people to strengthen their lives and communities through research based educational programming. It was very interesting to see how Athens county works within the community to help the needy! May 10th I was unable to attend class due to a funeral

May 1st- Today our guest speaker was Janine Faber who is an RD working with Meijer in promoting Healthy Living. She is funded through the sponsorships that they get throughout the year. There goal for the Meijer Healthy Living is to increase sales and promote customer loyalty by creating communication health solutions and promoting knowledge to the shoppers. She explain her job in detail about how she basically travels within her district to promote and educate people about what is healthy. She does many community events and in-store events to promote Meijer Healthy Living. She also explained the program NuVal. I had heard of it but had never know exactly what is was till now. I love the idea that you can put a product into NuVal and it will show you the score of the product.  Janine presentation was very interesting. I learned many new great things that could benefit me in my career down the road!

May 3rd- Today our guest speaker was Heidi Anderson. She is a RD at WellWorks. She has been working at Ohio University for 6 years as the Education and Special Event Coordinator. She does mostly marketing and public relations for WellWorks which is in Ohio University.. She is funded through membership and the services provided through WellWorks. She talked about the new things that are happening within WellWorks which is the program called Chip. It is basically promoting a plant based diet. They also collaborate with people and agencies to try to promote it worldwide. I thought that Heidi was a great example of how there are many different things you can do with your degree as a dietitian.

April 24th- Today we had a guest speak who is Francie Astrom.  She is the head dietitian at WellWorks. I found that is it supported partially by wellness funds. Her salary is paid by half the wellness funds and half of the money brought into from the members. The types of services that are at WellWorks is a fitness center, massage, personal trainers, blood pressure, cholesterol screenings.  The focus of WellWorks is to provide a wide variety of programming not just fitness. It focuses on keeping members healthy and achieve adaptable health.  

April 26th- Today we went over the Ohio Board of Dietetics. We learned that as soon as you get done with your internship you immediately have to practice under your own licenses and not someone else. I also learned that you can make complaints to the Ohio Board of Dietetics that are screened. The purpose of the Ohio Board of Dietetics is to establish standards and responsibilities for Dietitians. It also issues permits and licenses to the dietitian. I hope that one day I will be able to get my licenses and finally become a registered dietitian!

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April 17th-We had a guest speaker today who was Nick Claussen who is the community relations coordinator for the department of Athens County job and family services. They help families with getting the money for food assistance so they need to buy groceries they need to get through the month. The food assistance program is designed to raise nutritional levels, to expand buying power and to safeguard the health and well-being of individuals in low-income households in Ohio. They used to be known as Food Stamps. You can qualify for Food Assistance benefits by having a monthly income that is under 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. When being evaluated for Food Assistance they review your rent or mortgage, gas, electric, water, sewer, phone, medical expenses, and payments for child support or care. The role of the nutrition professional would be to educate the families in understanding what is needed to live a healthy diet. Living below the poverty line is sometimes hard to eat the healthy thing that is more expensive.  I loved hearing about this great opportunity that people can use that are in need of assistance!


April 19th- Today we went around in a circle and discussed our agency assignments.  It was interesting to see how many different agency's there are to help families that are in need. It shows how many people care about other families in need. My agency was Plant a Row for the Hungry which is a great non-profit organization that produced fruits and vegetables for families that are in need of fresh produce.

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April 10th- Today we talked about Health and Nutrition Policy that is set nationwide to give guidelines to people nutritional needs of the American people. It was interesting to see how these people got their information for this policy. It is gathered by assessment, monitoring, surveillance and screening.  We also learned about the policy cycle which starts with the problem and leads to formulating alternatives and then the policy is adopted and then made implementation on how to fix the problem and then it is evaluated to see if the policy is approved or it can also be terminated.  I found it very fascinating how a policy is evaluated to see if it accepted or not.


April 12th- Today we finished talking about Health and Nutrition Policy and watched a movie about a Farmers Market right by Hilton Head Island.  It was great to see how all the people came together to help out the community by helping the farmers and the people within the community.  The best part of class today was that we watched how a bill was passed through Congress. It was an animated little film that I remembered from grade school. At the end of class, we got into our assessment groups to figure out what needs to be done in the next week. We decided that we would be meeting Sunday night to fill out the notebook and discuss more about what we will be planting in the future!

Nutrition in the Community

April 3rd- Today we met Meghan at the Community Gardens. She showed us where our plot was located and where the water and tools were to start our weeding and planting. It was interesting to see everyone different plots that were out there and how everyone had different methods to planting in the different plots.   After Meghan was done talking, we got into our groups to talk about what group we wanted to concentrate with during our project. We also talked about what days we wanted to meet to start the weeding. It was very interesting to see the Garden because I had never been there before.

April 5th- Today were were assigned our agency and assessment project.  For my agency project, I am doing Garden Writers Association- Plant a row for the hungry. I feel that it will be interesting to learn for more about this great cause. For our assessment project, our topic that was chosen was children in Appalachia. I feel that it was a great topic to chose due to the fact that children are our future. We also got into our assessment groups to talk about what plants we think we should begin planting.  Overall, I felt that today we accomplished a lot during class time.

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March 27th- I hope that we learn more about nutrition in the community and how to help others out. Today we went over the syllabus and when everything is due throughout the quarter. Also, everyone was introduced to the class and got more familiar each other.

March 29th- Today was the first day of class that we went over power points and watched the part of the movie. We also got into groups for our gardening project. In the power points, we talked about assessment and food insecurity.