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PORTLAND, Maine

SNAP-Ed educators appear on The Chew

In September, a crew from nationally syndicated talk show, The Chew, was on location at the community kitchen in the in Lewiston to tape a segment showing viewers easy ways to feed their families healthy food on a limited budget.

Local Maine Maine Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 鈥 Education (SNAP-Ed) nutrition educators, Paul Drowns and Rebecca Dugan, worked with The Chew鈥檚 guest chef, Daphne Oz, to prepare 鈥淭he Works Pizza,鈥 a low-cost, easy and healthy recipe. The recipe was courtesy of Cooking Matters, one of eight curricula implemented statewide by the SNAP-Ed program.

is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, administered by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and implemented statewide by the SWAG视频鈥檚 School of Community and Population Health through contracts with the Healthy Maine Partnerships. Maine SNAP-Ed educates low-income families on low-cost, healthy eating and active lifestyles. Please contact mainesnap-ed@une.edu or (207) 221-4560 for more information.

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