UCCE Tulare helps participants save food dollars: Small changes make big impact

Mariana Lopez, EFNEP nutrition educator, leads the plan, shop and save lesson via Zoom.

Lin Fraker graduated from the Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program in Tulare County after completing the four-week virtual curriculum, UCCE Connects 2U. Online classes were led by Mariana Lopez, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition educator.

After participating in the plan, shop and save lesson in the second class,Fraker shared that she had made a grocery list and found that it helped her save money when she went grocery shopping. She had never made a list before, and when she planned her week's menu and made a grocery list, she saw that her usual bill of almost $200 per shopping trip went down to $89! Even making small changes in grocery shopping practices can make a big impact.

After planning meals and making a shopping list, one Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program participant said her usual bill of almost $200 per shopping trip went down to $89.

In the video below, Lopez converses with Fraker, who expresses her enthusiasm for the EFNEP class in Tulare County and wants to share the information with her mother-in-law to improve her health.

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