Classes teach participants about nutrition, meal planning, food shopping and food safety.
The target audiences for the program are adults with limited resources. The Family Nutrition Program is sponsored by a grant of the Midwest Region Food and Consumer Service, United States Department of Agriculture. All programs are offered to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis. This is a question that many people are asking on a daily basis. Nutritionists measure the amount of heat produced by metabolizing food in units called kilocalories.