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Morgan Martindell

SNAP-Ed Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences Food, Nutrition & Health

Work Experience

2016 - present: FCS SNAP-Ed Extension Agent

Education

2019: M.S. Agricultural and Life Sciences: Food Safety and Biosecurity - Virginia Tech
2016: B.S. Nutrition and Wellness - Bridgewater College

Serving the localitites of Albemarle, Augusta, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Staunton, and Waynesboro.

The Virginia Family Nutrition Program’s mission is to teach limited-resource households how to make healthier food choices and become better managers of available food resources for optimal health and growth. Our programs focus on basic nutrition, physical activity, safe food handling, and thrifty food shopping. The Family Nutrition Program is offered through Virginia Cooperative Extension, an educational outreach partnership between Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.

Our funding comes from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to offer the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and Virginia Department of Social Services to offer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) in Virginia.

www.eatsmartmovemoreva.org