Feb 20, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded K-State Research and Extension specialists Elaine Johannes and Erin Yelland more than 300-thousand dollars to recruit volunteers with diverse backgrounds and equip them with the skills needed to create positive health-related changes in their communities. Yelland says addressing the declining health of the American population is a pressing issue that requires innovative initiatives to produce significant impacts, and this grant provides the support to implement a Master Health Volunteer program in Ottawa, Saline, Dickinson, Marion, McPherson, Cherokee and Cowley counties.
Sound Living is a weekly public affairs program addressing issues related to families and consumers. It is hosted by Jeff Wichman. Each episode shares the expertise of K-State specialists in fields such as child nutrition, food safety, adult development and aging, youth development, family resource management, physical fitness and more.
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K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.