Nutrition for Teens
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Street Address: 455 Caton Rd
O.P. Owens Agriculture Center
Lumberton, NC 28360
O.P. Owens Agriculture Center
Lumberton, NC 28360
Mailing Address: PO Box 2280
O.P. Owens Agriculture Center
Lumberton, NC 28359
O.P. Owens Agriculture Center
Lumberton, NC 28359
Job Description I am the Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) Educator of Robeson County. I work with limited-resource youth to teach healthy eating habits, food safety skills, and how to be more physically active. EFNEP’s mission is to improve the health of limited resource youth and families with young children through practical lessons on: basic nutrition and healthy lifestyles, resource management and food safety.
Website robeson.ces.ncsu.edu
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