Implementing Agency (IA)
Department of Health
Key Contacts
Cowlitz County WSU SNAP Ed Program
About Us
WSU Extension SNAP-Ed focuses on encouraging fruit and vegetable consumption specifically in the Highlands Neighborhood through a community garden project, a produce sharing pantry, and teaching educational classes to families. Additionally we are starting a Safe Routes to School Program and are involved in the Complete Streets Advisory Committee.
Cowlitz County WSU
Meet our Team!
Contact Us
Elizabeth Stratton, elizabeth.stratton@wsu.edu
Current Programming
Direct Education
- Food Smarts – Adults
- Plan, Shop, Save, Cook – Adults
PSE
- Community garden
- Safe Routes to School
- Complete Streets
- Food Pantries
- Cowlitz Farmers Market
Community Partners
- Neighborhood Resource Coordination Council (NRCC)
- Highlands Neighborhood Association (HNA)
- Highlands Community Garden
- Highlands Neighborhood Coach
- Highlands Baptist Church
- WSU Master Gardeners
- Lower Columbia School Gardens
- Safe Routes to School Task Force: includes members of the community, parent volunteers, community organizations, and local government representatives. Group will guide SRTS program implementation at Olympic Elementary including formative evaluation, program implementation, evaluation and sustainability.
- Longview Active Transportation Group
- Olympic Elementary School
- Longview Parks and Recreation
- City of Longview
- Cowlitz Pathways 2020
- Complete Streets Advisory
- Food Lifeline
- Cowlitz Farmers Market
- Longview Parks and Recreation
