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Applications accepted for Extension food volunteer

Cheryl Whitaker StarNews Staff

Do you enjoy cooking, eating, local food work, or just simply – food? If you answered yes to any of these, join the Extension Master Food Volunteer program. The 2018 application for the EMFV program is now open to New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender county citizens. Volunteers will be able to provide support to the FCS agent’s food-related programming, including assisting with cooking, nutrition education, and food safety classes, and conducting food demonstrations in the community. The cost of the program is $30. The application deadline is Dec. 15 and training begins Jan. 16. To apply, visit http://go.ncsu.edu/emfv or contact Morgan McKnight, bmcknig@ncsu.edu.

The EMFV program, similar to the highly recognized Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program, is designed to provide volunteers the opportunity to support Family and Consumer Sciences agents with food-related programming. Volunteers with the EMFV program will receive a core curriculum of 30 hours of training and will then shadow the FCS agent for 30 hours during their first year.

A list of class dates and information are listed below.

1/16/18 – Orientation

1/18/18 – Program Management

1/23/18 – Food Safety & Preservation

1/25/18 – Nutrition Basics

1/31/18 – Cooking Techniques I

2/7/18 – Cooking Techniques II

2/13/18 – Food Systems I

2/15/18 – Food Systems II

2/20/18 – Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity

2/22/18 – Cooking Demos I

2/27/18 – Cooking Demos II

3/1/18 - Other/Make-up Date

Classes will be held 9 a.m.-noon. All Tuesday and Thursday classes will be held at the Northeast Regional Library in Wilmington. The Cooking Techniques classes will be held at the New Hanover County office of the N.C. Cooperative Extension.