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Westchester County
Raw meat, poultry, and seafood should be wrapped securely and kept separate to prevent raw juices from contaminating other foods.
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Nutrition & Consumer Sciences

Welcome to our Food and Nutrition pages! Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County offers low income families free Nutrition Education programs based on science-based education. We provide lots of useful information on food-related topics including food safety, USDA MYPLATE, 10 tips on food related issues, learn to read nutrition facts labels, physical activity, food portion control, and healthy eating on a limited budget. Our goal is to help you build healthy habits. Explore our links.

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MyPlate

MyPlate is the new USDA food guide tool to help people make wise food choices within food and calorie limits. Use their SuperTracker free online tool to track your food and activities.

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Healthy Recipes

Find delicious recipes that your family will enjoy, from among those we use in our own nutrition classes.

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Last updated July 23, 2024

Nutrition & Consumer Sciences

Seafood and You

Download the SEAFOOD AND YOU brochure below (English or Spanish) from NYS Sea Grant to find out what's in it and if you should eat it:

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Stretching Food Dollars

Stretching Food Dollars (During A Pandemic)

Turkey Basics

Links of Interest

Recipes for Diabetes

Adopting Healthy Habits- Facebook page

Feeding Westchester

FREE NUTRITION PROGRAM AVAILABLE

EAT SMARTER FOR LESS

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Check out these EatRight.Org for helpful tips!