Cooking & Nutrition

Moving More

Three people on an afternoon walk

Walk the Market: 8 week walking program in partnership with Union County Farmer’s Market to increase movement and support local producers.

Walk Across Tennessee: 8 week program empowering participants to increase movement as they track steps to “walk across TN”.

Tai Chi for Arthritis, Falls Prevention, Seated Tai Chi: Tai Chi is shown to reduce stress and improve confidence in movement leading to prevention of injury and/or falls.

Matter of Balance: Movement program to improve balance and confidence in physical activity.


Eating Healthy

An overview of various chili peppers

Adventures in the Kitchen: Interactive program teaches cooking skills, kitchen safety, and nutrition and promotes physical activity.

Eating Smart at Home: Eight-lesson series that encourages healthy eating, food safety, and physical activity with an emphasis on food resource management.

Eat Well, Feel Well: Rive educational activities designed to engage older adults and teach nutrition, food resource management, and food safety. 

Easy Choices: Resource to help sites make the healthy choice the easy choice. It is a collection of ready-made materials that are meant to be implemented for the benefit of site participants.

Eating Smart throughout the lifecycle: Five-lesson series that teaches feeding practices for babies and children from pregnancy through adolescence while encouraging healthy eating, food safety, and physical activity.

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy: Strength training program for older adults.

Faithful Families: Nine lessons to promote healthy eating, food resource management and physical activity, and guides to promote a healthy environment in the faith-based community.​​

Farmers Market Fresh: Promote farmers’ markets as a source of fruits and vegetables and to increase active living.