Each year our Polk County 4-H nutrition program serves over 3000 elementary students in grades K-6.  Our program is unique in that we come to you!  Our classroom program has 6 hours of nutrition education.  Our staff teaches 4 of these 6 hours, and we request that the teacher covers the last 2 hours.

Our program can be scheduled in one hour blocks of time to make it easier to fit into your schedule.

Teacher responsibilities
ISU Staff responsibilities

To request the EFNEP program, please contact one of our staff:
Lois Wiesley
Filice Williams

Downloadable teacher forms
Request nutrition program
Teacher match form
Group enrollment form

Our program, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), is a research based nutrition program designed to help low-income youth make choices for better health.  Our state wide curriculum, called Healthy Choices brochure, has been developed by a team of nutrition educators. 

Program Goals
1.  Increase in the knowledge of the nutritional value of food and the food pyramid. 

2.  Increase in the number of youth who report they almost always are physically active every day.

3.  Increase in the number of youth who report eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day.