About Us
Better Living for Texans (BLT) is a nutrition education program for adults and children that are SNAP participants and SNAP eligible.
The BLT program helps people make healthy meals, improve their physical fitness, save money at the grocery store, grow their own foods, and adopt better food safety habits.
Programs
ADULT
- A Fresh Start to a Healthier You!
- Get the Facts
- Carbohydrates Series
- Be Well, Live Well
- Growing and Nourishing Healthy Communities Garden Course
- Walk Across Texas
- Walk N Talk
YOUTH
- Color Me Healthy for SNAP-Ed
- Balancing Food and Play
- Choose Healthy
- Learn, Grow, Eat & GO!
- Walk Across Texas/Walk N Talk
Materials Available
- Brochures
- Fact Sheets
Contacts
Kristina Brown
Better Living For Texans
Extension Agent – Harris County
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
13105 Northwest Freeway, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77040
713-274-0967
Email: kristina.brown@ag.tamu.edu
Lora Jorgensen
Better Living For Texans
Extension Agent – Harris County
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
13105 Northwest Freeway, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77040
713-274-0985
Email: lora.jorgensen-tjorn@ag.tamu.edu
Useful links
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
211 Texas: Connecting People to Services:
USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=1
MyPlate
SNAP information: