FoodWIse team is happy to share that we do have new leadership. Our new Area Extension Director is Kathleen McKee, she has been a non-profit leader in Northeast Wisconsin for her entire career. She is driven by a passion to serve our community and has extensive experience in areas of program development, community outreach, team leadership, collaborative partnerships, fundraising and strategic visioning. Kathleen held various senior leadership roles with the Greater Green Bay YMCA in areas of youth development, camping services, community engagement and program innovation. She most recently served as the Executive Director of Connections for Mental Wellness, a collective impact organization working toward systems change to positively impact mental health in Brown County. Kathleen holds a master's degree in social work from Tulane University and a bachelor's in psychology from Marquette University. 

"I am thrilled to join the University of Wisconsin Extension movement. As someone dedicated to strengthening and serving our community, I believe in the power of relationships, partnerships and creating opportunity for all. I look forward to working alongside the phenomenal Extension team and community leaders in Brown, Door and Kewaunee counties to listen, innovate and deepen the impact of a shared vision for our region. My personal mission is 'Intention. Impact. Each Person. Every Day.' and I am excited to bring that to life in my new role."

                                                        Welcome Kathleen!

Brown County FoodWIse team was honored to host on October 16th a visit from the Department of Health Services to evaluate our program. Tony Zech,MBA, RD/RDN, Public Health Nutritionist/SNAP-Ed Coordinator at Dept. of Health Services, Martin Salas, Public Health Educator, and Kathryn Boryc Smock, State Program Manager for FoodWIse (a SNAP-Ed and EFNEP funded program) observe the FoodWIse team in various program. We are happy to share the great feedback of this visit:

"Your teams represented the best of FoodWIse and how we work in partnership with local organizations to make real impact on community wellness. . .  Our Brown County and Oneida Nation visits also highlighted the deep partnerships that the team holds. The visits demonstrated how FoodWIse adapts programming to meet the needs of the audiences and partners we serve, with a focus on honoring language and culture within our nutrition education programming. 
On behalf of the statewide team, thank you for sharing your wonderful work with our Department of Health Services colleagues and for all the work you do to providing meaningful and high quality programming.
 Best,
Kathryn"

Really proud of the great work that each team member does in our community. 

Brown County Team bite into The Great Apple Crunch on October 10th. The Great Apple Crunch encourages healthy eating and supports farm-to-school and other local food purchasing initiatives throughout the region. It’s also a fun way to connect food and agriculture to classroom curricula. All Green Bay Public School District schools were crunching their apples on the same date! 

Liliana and Liz had the opportunity to attend Achieve Brown County’s 10-Year Anniversary Celebration to learn more about how Extension and other community organizations can help young people thrive from cradle to career, furthering the work FoodWIse is already doing with local schools and youth groups to improve food and nutrition security. They look forward to collaborating with partners to increase our knowledge of the current state of the community, and to improve outcomes for young people in the region.

                      Household Food Security in the United States in 2023

An estimated 86.5 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2023, with access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (13.5 percent, statistically significantly higher than the 12.8 percent in 2022) were food insecure at least some time during the year. Very low food security is the more severe range of food insecurity where one or more household members experience reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns at times during the year because of limited money or other resources for food. In 2023, 5.1 percent of households were very low food secure, an estimate that is statistically similar to the 5.1 percent in 2022.

                                           Food Sources of Select Nutrients

USDA and HHS develop resources for professionals to help promote healthy eating across the lifespan from birth to older adulthood. Use the information on this page to learn more about the Dietary Guidelines and get tips and resources to share with others. 

The newest resources are informational handouts about Food Sources of Selected Nutrients. Check them up !

               Check the September Food Pantry handout

FoodWIse education is funded by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program– SNAP and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program - EFNEP.

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