Quick Healthy Meals On-The-Go class to be taught in La Salle, Bureau, Marshall-Putnam counties

Susan Glassman will lead course, promoting locally sourced foods

Susan Glassman nutrition and wellness educator at the La Salle Illinois Extension office, distributes apples for the Great Apple Crunch on Thursday, Oct,. 12, 2023 at Northwest School in La Salle. The Great Apple Crunch is an annual celebration of fresh, local apples on the second Thursday of October during National Farm to School Month. The apples were donated by Boggios Orchard and Produce.

Join University of Illinois Extension nutrition and wellness educator Susan Glassman in partnership with the Bureau, Marshall-Putnam and La Salle County farm bureaus for a Quick Healthy Meals On-The-Go class.

Classes promote locally sourced foods. Glassman will present how to plan and prepare fast, healthy meals to fuel your family as school and harvest start. Take home recipes and a jar of pickled vegetables made in class.

This class is sponsored in part by the Illinois Farm Bureau Consumer Grant. Seating is limited. Classes are from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Call your local farm bureau office to register:

  • Tuesday, Aug. 6, Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau, 509 Front St., Henry. Call 309-364-2501, register by July 29.
  • Wednesday, Aug. 7, La Salle County Farm Bureau, 4201 N. Columbus St., Ottawa. Call 815-433-0371, register by July 31.
  • Wednesday, Aug. 14, Bureau County Farm Bureau, 1407 N. Main St., Princeton. Call 815-875-6468, register by Aug 7.

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate or more information, call Glassman at 815-224-0889. Extension offices are located in Princeton, Ottawa, Henry and Oglesby on the Illinois Valley Community College campus.

For information, call the University of Illinois Extension – Bureau, La Salle, Marshall, Putnam unit office at 815-224-0894.

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