Food, Nutrition and Wellness in Broward
The UF/IFAS Extension Family and Consumer Sciences program is here to help you better understand a variety of topics related to nutrition, health, and food safety. We can provide tools you need to make positive changes that contribute to living a long and healthy life.
Specifically, we can teach you about making mindful food choices that allow you to stay well and have the energy you need to do the things you want to do throughout your life. We can also empower you with knowledge and skills to safely handle and store food, and explore opportunities for physical activity. Eating properly with regular exercise can extend good health even into old age.
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Nutrition, Health and Food Safety
The UF/IFAS Extension, Broward County, Family and Consumer Sciences Program (FCS) is part of Florida’s Extension network, found in 67 counties across the state of FL. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS These programs may be free and/or a registration fee may be assigned.
Broward FCS aims to reduce the risk of chronic disease and enhance the quality of life for residents of Broward County and all Floridians. We offer nutrition education classes on eating healthy and being active and food safety classes to help reduce the risk of foodborne illness. We also offer pressure gauge testing monthly by appointment. Our classes are engaging and interactive and can include cooking demonstrations and tastings of healthy recipes. Our goal is to motivate behavior change and impart knowledge gain. All classes are evidenced-based, consistent with USDA dietary guidelines, MyPlate recommendations and are age-specific. Our programs are open to all.
Contact our FCS Extension staff for more information by calling (954) 756-8519.
An equal opportunity institution.
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Community Partnership and Engagement
The Broward Family and Consumer Science’s (FCS’s) program helps make nutrition, health and food safety education available to our community members via established and on-going partnerships. Our programs are open to all.
FCS meets partners where they are at and provides single session and/or series-based education, based on request and availability. To improve the health and wellbeing of county citizens, the FCS team works with local partners such as:
- parks
- schools
- pre-schools
- summer camps
- faith-based organizations
- businesses
- non-profit organizations
- senior centers
- community centers
- other local agencies
FCS works with valued and vetted volunteers, as able. If you are interested in volunteering with Broward FCS, please let us know. We also have an established Broward FCS advisory committee which meets on a regular basis to help guide and provide input into FCS programming and goals.
We participate in community events, which educate community members upon invitation, partnership and availability. Contact our FCS staff for more information by calling (954) 756-8519.
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Supporting Healthy Communities
Broward Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) is responsible for promoting positive behavioral changes and knowledge gain in which seniors, adults, adults with special needs, and youth make choices about food, food safety and health.
Our agent and education training specialist leverage evidence-based practices that can support sustainable, healthy behaviors in a variety of settings such as:
- community centers
- senior sites
- parks
- faith-based settings
- summer camps
- recovery centers
- schools
We also conduct pressure gauge testing by appointment.
Contact our FCS staff for more information by calling (954) 756-8519 and ask to be transferred to Family and Consumer Sciences.
Contact Us
Brenda Marty Jimenez Extension Agent IV (954) 756-8522 bjimenez@ufl.edu
Address 3245 College Avenue Davie, FL 33314
Hours Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 5 pm