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Participants attending the East & West Feliciana Parishes Advisory Leadership Council pose for a photo. (Left to right) Layne Langley, LSU AgCenter Area Nutrition Agent, Reese Craddock, Dawn Hoyle, Cynthia Vessell- Whitaker, Patricia Gilmore, Lanya Mayer, Leanna Cupit, Sara Wilson-Rogers, Annette Zimmer, and Misty Metz.
On March 15, members of the LSU AgCenter East & West Feliciana Parishes Family & Consumer Sciences Advisory Leadership Council met at the West Feliciana LSU AgCenter Office. Those in attendance included: Reese Craddock, Leanna Cupit, Patricia Gilmore, Dawn Hoyle, Lanya Mayer, Misty Metz, Cynthia Vessell-Whitaker, Sara Wilson-Rogers, and Annette Zimmer. Layne Langley, LSU AgCenter Area Nutrition Agent, provided an overview of nutrition programming in both parishes. She then shared a power point which included information about the AgCenter including its mission and purpose. Langley gave information on the summer camp programs she delivered as well nutrition and school garden classes she conducted at Bains Lower Elementary. Langley provided details about the adult programs she has led. She told the group about the Healthy Communities Projects that have been completed and about the Solitude Health & Safety Resource Fair that was postponed and rescheduled for April 29. Langley informed the members about her youth work with the 4-H Club and 4-H Mini Farm. She told the group which agencies she provides nutrition resources for as well as which newspapers and social media platforms she uses. She also shared information on the places she advertises her nutrition programs.
Then she opened the floor to discussion and recommendations. Here are the questions and answers provided by those members at the meeting.
