OSU High Obesity Program

08/02/2026

🍅🌽🥕 It’s National Farmers Market Week! 🧡🚜🌻

This week, we celebrate the farmers, ranchers, growers, and market vendors who help bring fresh, local foods to our communities. Farmers' markets are more than just places to shop, they support local agriculture, strengthen local economies, and increase access to nutritious foods. 🍎🥬🍓

Shopping at your local farmers market is a great way to discover seasonal produce, try new fruits and vegetables, connect with local producers, and support the hardworking individuals who help feed our communities. 🌱👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

This National Farmers Market Week, visit a local market, pick up something new, and enjoy the flavors of the season! 🛍️🌽🍑

07/24/2026

07/24/2026

As summer comes to a close, we’re looking back on the incredible moments we’ve shared with our community and community partners this summer! ☀️🧡🤍🖤

Thank you to our participants, staff, and community partners for making this season so special. We can’t wait to see what the months ahead have in store! 👫👭

Take a look at some of our favorite summer highlights! 🌟

07/10/2026

One of our favorite memories from Summer 2026 🧡🤍🖤

Getting to represent the OSU Community Health Extension Program (CHEP) at the Muskogee Farmers’ Market Recipe Showcase was such a rewarding experience. 👫👬🥒🥝🍒

It was wonderful connecting with the community, sharing simple, nutritious recipe ideas, and showing how fresh, local produce can become delicious, healthy meals for the whole family. 🥗

07/01/2026

🌳☀️ It’s National Park and Recreation Month! 🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️🥾

This month, we celebrate the parks, trails, recreational spaces, and outdoor programs that help keep our communities healthy, active, and connected. From walking and biking to hiking, playing, and spending time with family and friends, parks provide countless opportunities to support physical and mental well-being. 💚

Whether it’s a neighborhood park, a local trail, or a community recreation center, these spaces play an important role in creating healthier places for everyone to live, learn, work, and play. 🌿🏞️

Challenge yourself this month to explore a new park, take a walk on a local trail, join a recreational activity, or simply spend more time outdoors! 🌞👟

How will you celebrate National Park and Recreation Month?

06/22/2026

🎉🧡🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️🥾 National Recognition for our efforts to prioritize safe walking, biking, hiking, and physical activity! 🧡🌳☀️

We are excited to share that the work of the Sequoyah County Physical Activity and Nutrition Work Group has been featured by America Walks as part of its Walkability Wins series! 🎉 This recognition highlights our collaborative efforts to create safer, more active, and more connected communities throughout Eastern Oklahoma. 🧡

Through partnerships with local communities, we have supported Safe Routes to School initiatives 🚸, walkability assessments 👟, crosswalk painting projects 🎨, Walk to School Day events 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️, and other efforts that make it easier and safer for residents of all ages to walk, bike, hike, and be physically active. 🌳🚴‍♀️🥾

This work would not be possible without the dedication of our incredible partners, including the Sequoyah County Healthy Living Program Advisory Committee, Oklahoma State University’s High Obesity Program, Cherokee Nation Public Health, the City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma State Department of Health, People, Inc. Counseling Center, and the TSET Healthy Living Program. 🤝🧡

Special congratulations and thanks to Tricia for helping lead this incredible effort! 👏🧡 Your dedication continues to create lasting impacts for families and communities across Oklahoma. 🌟🏘️

🧡 Check out the full article below to learn more about this exciting recognition and the work being done to create healthier, more walkable communities across Eastern Oklahoma! 👇https://americawalks.org/walkability-wins-part-forty-nine-safer-walking-biking-movement-for-everyone/

In this installment of Walkability Wins, explore safer walking in Oklahoma and street redesign in Hoboken, New Jersey.

06/11/2026

🥕🍅 Fresh produce is just the beginning!

The OSU Community Health Extension Program (CHEP) was excited to participate in the Muskogee Farmers’ Market Recipe Showcase on June 10 at the Muskogee Civic Center.

By sharing simple, nutritious recipes and meal ideas, we helped shoppers discover new ways to prepare and enjoy the fresh fruits and vegetables available at the market. Small changes in the kitchen can make healthy eating more accessible, enjoyable, and sustainable for the whole family.

🌽 Supporting local produce
🥗 Inspiring healthy meals
💚 Empowering communities through nutrition

05/28/2026

Revisiting this great community effort from April 🌿

Community gardens can play an important role in improving access to fresh foods, encouraging community engagement, and creating shared spaces that support health and wellness for all ages. 🍎🫜🌾

We’re grateful to have been part of an initiative that continues to positively impact local families and strengthen community connections.👫👬🧡