Past Events

Growing Local Foods: Tour Urban Farms and Community Gardens in Youngstown throughout the summer.  There is a different site each week.  Details can be found on the tour locations: http://go.osu.edu/localflavor2017 

The Ohio State University Extension in Mahoning County is offering Cooking Matters, a health-conscious cooking class for low-income adults. It is one of twenty two counties offering this program throughout Ohio. The Cooking Matters curriculum teaches low-income adults about healthy meal preparation and sensible shopping on a limited budget. Each week, participants observe a multi-session course that combines hands-on food preparation with nutrition information, food budgeting and shopping techniques.

ServSafe® has become the industry standard in food-safety training and is accepted in almost all United States jurisdictions that require employee certification. The ServSafe® program provides accurate, up-to-date information for all levels of employees on handling of food, from receiving and storing to preparing and serving. This course is designed to provide Food Service Managers with updated principles of safe food handling. The principles learned in this course can easily be applied and practiced by all food service workers.

Gardening Ideas for Children A garden is a place full of learning, and is a great avenue for children to get creative and learn all about plants and other organisms that live in the garden. Come enjoy some coffee and learn about gardening with children with the Mahoning County Master Gardener Volunteers. Speakers: Sheila Cubick, Mahoning County Master Gardener Volunteer For more information, visit the flyer HERE