{"id":9821,"date":"2021-04-15T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/?p=9821"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:07:10","slug":"meet-the-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/2021\/04\/15\/meet-the-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a id=\"alex-bosse\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/alexander-bosse\/\">Alex Bosse<\/a>, Nutrition Education Professional<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9825 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Alex-Bosse-150x150.png\" alt=\"close up of a white man with a beard and mustache in a plaid shirt and a black blazer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Alex-Bosse-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Alex-Bosse-105x105.png 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Alex-Bosse-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Alex-Bosse.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alex Bosse has been with UMaine Cooperative Extension as a Youth Curriculum Coordinator and Supervisor for EFNEP since November of 2020.\u00a0 He completed his supervised dietetic internship at the University of Kentucky in August of 2020 and is currently working towards obtaining his registered dietitian (RD) credentials.\u00a0 Alex has a passion for research, community nutrition, and working with food insecure\/low-income populations to make healthier food choices and to better access food!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a id=\"alex-gayton\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/alex-gayton\/\">Alex Gayton<\/a>, Assistant EFNEP Coordinator &amp; Social Media Coordinator<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17305 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Alex-Gayton2025-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"white woman with wavy blonde hair, smiling\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alex Gayton, MS, RD is a registered dietitian (RD) and has been with UMaine Extension since January 2020. Alex is a supervisor and the social media coordinator for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program\u2019s (EFNEP) Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok pages. She also is the creator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/recipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mainely Dish recipe video series<\/a>. Alex loves food photography, baking, and cooking plant-based meals!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"kate-mccarty\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/kate-mccarty\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kate McCarty<\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food Systems Professional<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15164 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-McCarty-resized-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A close crop of a white woman with long brown hair with a blue scarf against a grey background\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-McCarty-resized-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-McCarty-resized-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-McCarty-resized-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kate McCarty has been the Food Systems Professional at UMaine Extension since 2009, after serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA. She has completed the Master Food Preserver program, an intensive, hands-on training in all aspects of home food preservation. Kate manages the volunteer efforts of the 60+ Master Food Preserver volunteers statewide and teaches food preservation programs in 6 southern and western Maine counties.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"kathy-savoie\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/kathy-savoie\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kathy Savoie<\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extension Educator<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9831 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Kathy-Savoie-150x150.png\" alt=\"a close crop of a white woman with glasses and long blonde hair in a purple scarf\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Kathy-Savoie-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Kathy-Savoie-105x105.png 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Kathy-Savoie-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Kathy-Savoie.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kathy Savoie, MS, RD has been an Extension Educator with UMaine Extension for 25 years. She provides educational outreach in Southern Maine in the areas of home food preservation, food safety, and nutrition education to consumers. She also teaches the Master Food Preserver program in Maine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"kate-yerxa\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/staff-directory\/kate-yerxa\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kate Yerxa<\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extension Professor, EFNEP Coordinator<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15081 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-Yerxa-profile-picture-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Profile picture of Kate Yerxa\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-Yerxa-profile-picture-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-Yerxa-profile-picture-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Kate-Yerxa-profile-picture-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kate Yerxa is a registered dietitian and has been with UMaine Extension since 2008. Kate is the coordinator of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and also teaches undergraduate nutrition courses at UMaine. Kate enjoys cooking with her kids &#8211; but really she enjoys having help in the kitchen at mealtime!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"volunteer\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/food-preservation\/master-food-preservers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master Food Preserver Volunteers<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master Food Preserver Volunteers receive 28 hours of hands-on training in food preservation. After successful completion of the program, volunteers serve at least 20 hours of community service annually, providing public food preservation education in the form of workshops, demonstrations, and educational displays.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a id=\"CEA\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/efnep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) Community Education Assistants<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Community Education Assistants deliver interactive food and nutrition education through the state to eligible adult and youth audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Bosse, Nutrition Education Professional Alex Bosse has been with UMaine Cooperative Extension as a Youth Curriculum Coordinator and Supervisor for EFNEP since November of 2020.\u00a0 He completed his supervised dietetic internship at the University of Kentucky in August of 2020 and is currently working towards obtaining his registered dietitian (RD) credentials.\u00a0 Alex has a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":8298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spoonful"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet the Bloggers - Cooperative Extension: Food &amp; Health - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Spoonful bloggers are University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff members and Master Food Preserver Volunteers with knowledge of food and nutrition. 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