Shelby County Extension Wraps Busy Month with Cooking Demo

The month of May was a busy one for Shelby County Extension Agent Jasmen Richmond, who participated in a number of healthy food-focused activities throughout Shelby County. Most notable was a cooking demonstration that came about from her connection with the Raleigh Library. The beneficiaries of the demonstration were youth from Memphis-based non-profit the Pursuit Center’s youth program, who cooked a protien rice bowl during the demonstration. The non-profit designs initiatives to empower troubled teens in the Shelby County juvenile system. They present their youth with a chance for transformation, by impacting lives one student at a time. “Some participants were apprehensive about cooking, however by the end of the class all of the young men participated and thoroughly enjoyed the cooking process!” said Richmond of the participants from the Pursuit Center.

Youth from Memphis-based non-profit the Pursuit Center participated in a cooking demonstration at the Raleigh Library in Memphis. They made a protein rice bowl.