There have been some staffing changes for this year at MSU. We are unable to continue with the same type of project workshops that we have had for the past couple years. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Any questions - Holly Hunts at 994-7993 or hhunts@montana.edu.
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The objectives of the Food & Nutrition are:
- Appreciate the part food plays in our relationships with our family and friends.
- Understand the principles of nutrition as they relate to personal appearance, physical fitness and health.
- Become skilled in the planning, purchasing, preparing and serving of nutritious, appealing and satisfying meals and snacks.
- Enjoy food and food preparation.
- Share with others what has been learned.
BEGINNING FOODS - 1410
This project is designed for a first year foods member who has little experience in basic food preparation or nutrition. You will learn about kitchen equipment, measuring, eating a variety of foods, combination foods, and the food guide pyramid. You can do one lesson at a time or several lessons at one time.
Materials:
M Beginning Foods Project Manual, 5231, $1.50
FOODS, LEVEL 1 - 1411
If you're 10 to 11 years old, this level of the foods project is designed for you! As you complete the six easy "bites" in this project, you will gain knowledge about healthy food selection, smart food purchasing, food preparation, food safety, food preservation, and careers related to the food industry. In this level, you'll learn about nutrients, how to read food labels, making pancakes, how to understand TV commercials, make a breakfast food, make muffins two ways, understand how foods spoil and much, much more! This manual includes the standards of excellence for several fair food exhibits as well as complete record sheets for you to record your progress. This level should take you two years to complete.
Materials:
M Six Easy Bites, BU7144, $4.50
L Leader/Helper's Guide, BU7730, $4.50
FOODS, LEVEL 2 -1412
If you're 12 to 13 years old, this level of the foods project is for you! As you complete the six "tidbits" in the project, you will gain knowledge about healthy food selection, smart food purchasing, food preparation, food safety, food preservation, and careers related to the food industry. In this level, you'll learn about choosing lower fat foods, altering the fat content in food, make a vegetable salad, compare costs of convenience foods, make a cocoa mix, make pretzels, create a tasty cheesy lasagna, learn how to store fruits, and much more. This manual includes standards of excellence for several food exhibits as well as complete record sheets for you to record your progress. This level should take two years to complete.
Materials:
M Tasty Tidbits, BU7146, $4.50
L Leaders/Helper's Guide, BU7730, $4.50
FOODS, LEVEL 3 - 1413
If you're 14 to 16 years old, this level of the foods project is designed especially for you! As you complete this six areas of this project, you will gain knowledge about healthy food selection, smart food purchasing, food preparation, food safety, food preservation, and careers related to the food industry. In this level, you'll learn how to evaluate media nutrition information, how eating and emotions are connected, how to make a low-fat dip, learn about fad diets, make banana bread, stir-fry vegetables in a skillet, make breadsticks, preserve tomatoes through canning, make strawberry freezer jam, and a lot more! This manual includes standards of excellence for several food exhibits as well as complete records sheets for you to record your progress. This level should take three years to complete.
Materials:
M You're the Chef, BU7148
L Leaders/Helper's Guide, BU7730, $4.50
FOODS, LEVEL 4 - 1414
If you're 17-19 years old, this level of the foods project is designed especially for you! In this level, you'll learn how to conduct a food preparation activity for younger children, make bean burritos, shop "environmentally," plan menus with various budgets, set up a home recycling system, plan an international food festival, bake fish, make a double-crusted apple pie, marinate meat, investigate current issues in food safety, can snap beans, make jelly and beef jerky, plan and cater a party , and make peanut butter. This manual includes standards of excellence for several food exhibits as well as complete record sheets for you to record your progress. This level should take three years to complete.
Materials:
M Foodworks, BU7150, $4.50
L Leader/Helper's Guide, BU7730, $4.50
JOIN THE FITNESS TEAM: A DAIRY FOODS PROJECT - 1415
In this project, you will learn about some exciting recipes and fitness activities, and how to select, store and cook with dairy foods as part of the total food plan. You are also introduced to a variety of dairy products and their nutritive value and use. Leadership activities, community service, individual exploration, site visits and tips for giving demonstrations are all a part of this project. Some of the activities include tasting new dairy foods, planning menus using dairy foods, trying new aerobic exercises, monitoring the pulse rate, becoming calorie conscious, learning new terminology related to food processing, discovering new skills for cooking with dairy food, and relating dairy foods and fitness to health. Some things you can make are fruit yogurt frost, homemade ice cream, fruited
muffins, cheese sauce and blender drinks.
Materials:
M Join the Fitness Team: A 4-H Dairy Foods Project Manual, FN100, $2.25
SCIENCE FUN WITH DAIRY FOODS - 1416
This advanced level project allows older members to explore the science behind the production of dairy foods. You may choose from a variety of experiments such as making yogurt, growing molds and ripening cheeses. There are also opportunities for citizenship and leadership activities. The project contains enough activities to be repeated a second year.
Materials:
M Science Fun with Dairy Foods, Member's Manual, OH490, $1.75
L Science Fun with Dairy Foods, Leader's Guide, OH490-1, $2.25
QUICK MEALS - 1417
If you want to learn how to plan, prepare and serve a variety of easy-to-prepare meals, this project is for you. It introduces you to the world of quick meals. Today's fast-paced lifestyles require new ways to have nutritionally-balanced meals. You will learn how to manage time wisely while preparing foods that are tasty and good for you. This intermediate level project is designed as a nutrition learning experience for members who are 11-13 years old. However, others may enroll in the project if they fell ready for the kind of challenge this project provides. The knowledge gained i previous nutrition projects will help in the phase of foods and nutrition.
Project goals could include:
- Deciding with your leaders and your parents which recipes and experiments you will do.
- Completing the "How Did You Do" part of your manual with each recipe you prepare.
- Explaining the results of you experiment.
- Planning all meals and snacks for you family for one day and making a grocery order for these meals (include a family picnic, company dinner or special meal).
- Studying one food or food product, investigating the history, nutritive value, forms available in local stores, price comparisons, time involved in preparation, etc. (Examples: orange and orange juice products, bread, potato products)
- Planning an activity to include one of the following: a) Storage of fresh foods, eggs, etc.; b) Frozen storage of prepared foods; c) Develop a preparation time schedule for a dinner menu which allows for all food to be ready at a given time.
Materials:
M Quick Meals, Member's Manual, OH471, $2.50
FOODS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, LEVEL 1 - 1418
Some of the food you eat is grown by farmers near you. Learn how to prepare good things to eat from the important food crops grown in our part of the nation. Fitness means looking you best and being able to do the things you want to do without getting too tired. It's not just for athletes. Learn how you can also be fit. In 4-H, you learn by doing. That's what this project is all about. Meet new friends and learn with them about the foods of the Pacific Northwest. In this project, you will learn about the variety of foods grown in the Pacific Northwest; and how to safely prepare, store and serve foods grown in this region.
Materials:
M Foods of the Pacific Northwest, Project 1 Member's Manual, PNW333, $2.25
L Foods of the Pacific Northwest, Project 1 Leader's Guide, PNW334, $1.25
FOODS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, LEVEL 2 - 1419
This intermediate level project is for those who have completed Project 1. In this project, members will learn about foods grown in this part of the nation. In addition, you will learn to safely prepare and serve meals made with foods from our region; guidelines for safe food handling; the dietary guidelines and Pattern for Daily Food Choices; and the role of nutrition and fitness in health.
Materials:
M Foods of the Pacific Northwest, Project 2 Member's Manual, PNW335, $1.75
L Foods of the Pacific Northwest, Project 2 Leader's Manual, PNW336, $1.25
EXPLORING OUR FOOD HERITAGE - 1420
Do you like pizza and tacos? Do you know what countries these foods came from? This project offers opportunities for several years of activities on foods and food customs of other countries and cultures. You'll learn about the heritage of many foods. You'll also learn about native foods - foods that were growing in North America and were used by native peoples before settlers emigrated from other countries. You'll also learn about the exciting diversity of the world and its many cultures. After you enroll in this project, review the member manual and develop your own project goals. Here are some suggestions for what you could do in this project:
- With your leader or your parent, develop a plan to study one culture or country other than the United States. In addition to the foods of the selected culture or country, you study may include customs, dress, music, language, history, educational opportunities, agriculture and business.
- Plan an exhibit for the fair or a community event based on your study.
- Plan, prepare and serve one meal for your family or friends, using the foods of another culture or country.
- Present a program for your club or other group based on you study.
- Plan a study of the foods of another culture with which you are unfamiliar.
- Plant some seed of foods unique to another culture and harvest your crop.
Materials:
M Exploring Our Food Heritage, ME0365, $2.50
L Exploring Our Food Heritage, LE0365, $4.00
TEENS ENTERTAIN - 1421
This level offers an opportunity to use many things you have learned in the previous levels of the foods project. The manual, with its suggestions for many types of entertaining, can help you have as much fun planning as attending parties and other events. Don't stop with these ideas. Use them as stepping stones for other ideas and plans. With your parents and leaders, develop a project plan that may include some of the following activities:
- Plan and prepare three different types of events where you entertain others. Examples: snacks for a club meeting; after-the-game party; entertaining out-of-doors; potluck meal; special occasion dinner for family members; and a "sit-down" dinner for friends.
-Plan and help carry out a party for a community group (a nursery school, retirement home, etc.)
- Do a cost study of one meal, party, etc.
- Plan one activity (meals, refreshments, etc.) using low calorie foods.
- Prepare an educational exhibit or give a demonstration on nutritious snacks, low-calorie foods, etc.
- Start building a reference file of entertaining ideas.
Materials:
M Teens Entertain, Member's Manual, 5306, $2.25
L Teens Entertain, Leader's Guide, 5307, $1.25
LET'S BAKE BREAD - 1422
The Let's Bake Bread level is designed for members who have completed several years of foods project work. Members wishing to enroll in Let's Bake Bread should be at least 12 years of age. In this level you will learn the nutritional importance of a variety of grain products in the diet, the function and interaction of ingredients used in making bread, the skills to select, prepare, serve and store breads and grain products as a part of family meals, to prepare and serve unusual and attractive breads, to share information and skills with others through demonstrations, illustrated talks, exhibits and fairs.
Materials:
M 4-H Yeast Breads, Cir. 2C1298, $2.00
L Rising to the Occasion, WFP031, $4.00
INDEPENDENT STUDY - 1499
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