“Good Eats” at MUSC Urban Farm kicks off National Nutrition Month®
February 27, 2013
Date: Friday, March 1, 2013
Time: 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
Location: 29 Bee Street, Charleston, S.C., 29425, across from James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine
Event: There is no one size fits all when it comes to following a nutritious diet. This year’s National Nutrition Month® theme, Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day, encourages personalized healthy eating styles and recognizes that food preferences, lifestyle, cultural and ethnic traditions and health concerns all impact individual food choices.
Join MUSC health and nutrition experts at the Urban Farm on Friday March 1 at the MUSC to celebrate the kick-off of this month long focus on healthy eating. Discussions, demonstrations and interactive activities that encourage and celebrate personalized healthy eating styles are scheduled throughout the day with a live cooking demonstration by Executive Chef Brett Cunningham at noon to showcase “preparing it your way”.
Schedule of Events:
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Eat Right, Your Way, Everyday with Mary Basel, Clinical Nutrition Manager.
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Cooking demo: “Preparing it Your Way” with Executive Chef Brett Cunningham.
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Bees – positive for your garden with Jake Schubert, MUSC Student and Farm Team Representative.
1:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Beneficial Borage: more than an herb plus seed giveaway with Mary Helpern, Urban Farm.
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Urban chickens and “the incredible egg” with Chris Clark, MUSC Student and Farm Team Representative and Sara Hendrix, RD.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Children’s Event – Snack and Garden-to-go Activity with dietetic intern Meghan Marr.
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. “Deceptively Delicious”: Maximize the nutrition content in foods with Debbie Petitpain, RD.
