ERIC Number: EJ1459987
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
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Using the Perspectives of Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agents to Develop a Sustainable Eating Curriculum
Lindley Barker; Heather Norman-Burgdolf; Annie Koempel; Katie Pickford; Tammy Stephenson; Dawn Brewer
Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, v12 n3 2024
Sustainable eating may benefit both the environment and human health. Currently, no Extension programs addressing healthy and sustainable eating are available that target adults in communities. Since sustainable eating is a sensitive topic, this project engaged Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension agents in Kentucky, to garner their community expertise and perspectives on sustainable eating to help develop an appropriate Extension curriculum. By following the Curriculum Development Process for Cooperative Extension Programming model, we involved FCS agents in developing and reviewing a sustainable eating curriculum. The proposed curriculum included content that reflected sustainable eating principles of reducing overconsumption of foods, limiting the consumption of highly processed and packaged foods, promoting consumption of more plant-derived foods, promoting consumption of locally raised foods and animals, and reducing the amount of food waste. Twenty-six structured Zoom interviews with Kentucky FCS agents obtained their views of the acceptability and appropriateness of five proposed lesson outlines on sustainable eating. Themes included 1) acceptable lesson material, 2) minimize jargon and use appropriate language, 3) be mindful of lesson length and being overwhelming, and 4) frame messages around community needs. Results will be used to develop and pilot a full sustainable eating curriculum.
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Sustainability, Eating Habits, Adult Education, Educational Needs, Curriculum Development, Program Content, Health Promotion, Food, Nutrition Instruction, Government Employees, Employee Attitudes, Lesson Plans, Program Improvement, Language Usage, Time Factors (Learning), Community Needs
School of Human Sciences, Mississippi State University. PO Box 9745, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Tel: 662-325-6861; Fax: 662-325-8188; e-mail: jhse@ext.msstate.edu; Web site: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
Grant or Contract Numbers: P42ES007380
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