Pre-Conference Workshops


The following virtual pre-conference workshops will be offered on Monday, September 14th starting at 8 AM MDT. 
Separate registration required. 

Additional information on the workshop opportunities listed below will be released soon!

WORKSHOP OPTION 1:

LIVE - National Partnership to Recruit, Prepare, and Support FCS Educators
Presenters: Dr. Jan Bowers, Project Administrator, National Partnership to Recruit, Prepare and Support FCS Educators and Carolyn Jackson, CFCS, CEO of American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences and Managing Director of the Alliance for Family & Consumer Sciences

It’s innovative. It’s collaborative. It’s critically important. Learn about and be engaged in our national model to address the critical Extension educator shortage and to promote careers in FCS Education.

WORKSHOP OPTION 3:

Qualtrics XM: Survey Design Best Practices & Methodology Training LIVE

More information coming soon. 

WORKSHOP OPTION 4:

Harvest Right Home Food Freeze Dryers: Virtual Tour with LIVE class demonstrating the freeze-drying process

More information coming soon.

WORKSHOP OPTION 5:

Farmers Feeding Utah: COVID-19-induced Collaborative Benefiting Producers and At-Risk Populations LIVE

More information coming soon.

WORKSHOP OPTION 2:

LIVE - Baking 2020: Consumer Trends and Best Practices 

Workshop Objectives: Extension FCS participants will receive

  • Current research-based home baking practices, media-based learning and ingredient trends impacting consumer health, income and benefits
  • Demonstrated best practices with reliable consumer baking resources for foods and resource-conservative collaborative FCS education
  • Ready-to-use information for extension training, community youth and adult education, and school enrichment
  • Opportunities to Ask the Bakers re consumer and food leader questions, food safety or issues in home baking equipment, ingredients, or practices.  

Topics and speakers:
How and Why Consumers are Baking at Home
Speaker: David Lockwood, Director of Consulting, Mintel Market Research
A 2019 study of home baking practices, purchases and media influences, and pandemic home baking surge market insights.

Value-Added Home Baking
Speaker/video demonstration: Julene DeRouchey, FCS Consumer Educator and co-director of the National Festival of Breads demonstrates Chai Ube Rosette Rolls, RaChelle Hubsmith, National Festival of Breads winner, UT
Resources for additional value-added baking for home, community or cottage businesses will be highlighted and how to engage with the National Festival of Breads discussed.

Baking Ingredients STEAM for Individuals, Families, Schools and Community
Speakers: Sharon Davis, FCS Ed, HomeBaking.org; Ali Swieteck, Sugar.org
Review pre-K to adult sciences, technology, engineering, art and math resources for extension leaders and community and school enrichment programs.  

Baking Food Safety Best Practices
Demonstrator: Chef Earl Martin, Thermoworks® American Fork, UT  with Sharon Davis, FCS Education, HomeBaking.org   
Best practices and resources to teach baking food safety to consumers, cottage bakers, food services and youth.

What's New at HomeBaking.org
Speaker: Charlene Patton, Executive Director, Home Baking Association and FCS Foods and Nutrition in Business professional educator

Extra!  We will offer a 45-minute Ask the Baker session -- we can provide FAQ questions to respond to and take questions from the extension FCS educators on the baking questions they receive. 

For an additional $15, participants can receive an HBA Baker Resource Kit. 

  • Baking Food Safety educator’s resource set
  • Baking Guide Cards sampler deck of ready-to-teach lessons
  • USB HBA Baking Resource drive
  • HBA and members' latest resources for FCS, 4-H/Youth education and school enrichment.