Spend Smart. Eat Smart.: Using a Mobile App and Consumer-Focused Website to Complement Nutrition Education Initiatives in Various Food System Sectors

Tuesday, July 24 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Northstar

The Cooperative Extension system has a long legacy of programming to support nutrition education and various sectors of the food system.

The Spend Smart. Eat Smart. Team at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has created web-based materials (website, mobile app and accompanying social media) to support growers, consumers, retailers and food banking networks. Join us for a tour of these freshly updated, free, research-based tools and try them out for yourself using your tablet or smart phone.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will recognize the avlue of web-based resources when working with various sectors of the food system.
2. Participants will identify ways to use the SPend Smart. Eat Smart. online suite to enhance practices related to food waste reduction, healthy food access and agriculture.
3. Participants will practice accessing and engage in hands-on use of the Spend Smart. Eat Smart. suite using tablets and smart phones.