Gretchen Manker
Gretchen Manker
Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences
Phone
208-324-7578
Email
Mailing Address
University of Idaho Extension, Jerome County
600 2nd Ave W
Jerome, ID 83338
Gretchen 's programming areas include health and nutrition, food safety, financial management and 4-H youth development. Gretchen served as a community nutrition advisor for Eat Smart Idaho (SNAP-Ed and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) for many years. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and enjoys teaching.
M.S., University of New Mexico
B.S., University of Wyoming
- Health and nutrition
- Food safety and food preservation
- Family Finance
- 4-H youth development
Impact statements
- Youth Beef Education Day links livestock production, food quality and safety
- Idahoans simplify their lives by taking charge of future financial decisions
- Cooking skills for youth can have lifelong health impacts
- Dining with Diabetes class participants increase knowledge
- Extension educators expand diabetes prevention program in southwest Idaho
- School pantry “Mystery Box Cook-Off” increased students’ food insecurity awareness