Purdue Extension Seeking Youth To Participate In Food Challenge
WARSAW — Youth in grades 3 through 8 will have the opportunity to learn about nutrition, budgeting, safe food preparation and teamwork next month thanks to Purdue Extension’s Indyouth Food Challenge.
Participants will put their problem-solving skills to the test and compete in groups of three to five youth during a county “qualifier” on Monday, Oct. 8, and then at the state contest at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Oct. 11. Teams will be given mystery ingredients and challenged to prepare a dish, developing their own creative recipe with the ingredients provided. Teams will then discuss with a panel of judges the food safety practices used, the nutrients in their dish and a cost analysis of their recipe.
Participants will attend four educational hands-on workshops prior to competing in the challenge. Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Health and Human Sciences Educator Jackie Franks will educate the participants on various aspects of food safety. Youth Development and 4-H Educator Mindy Wise will educate the participants on nutrition and budgeting. Workshops will be held Sept. 24, Sept. 27, Oct. 1 and Oct. 4.
Registration for the Indyouth Food Challenge program is due to the Kosciusko County Extension Office at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 13. For more information or to sign up, contact Mindy Wise at [email protected], call (574) 372-2340 or extension.purdue.edu/Kosciusko.