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Sheila Gains

Title: County Extension Specialist, Master Instructor
Specialty: Cottage Food Safety Training
Geography:  Statewide Cottage Food Safety Training  program leadership: Arapahoe County F&CS program delivery

Spotlight:  Sheila is a third generation Colorado native. She has a B.S. in Consumer Sciences from Colorado State University and an M.S. in Adult Education from Kansas State University.  She has provided statewide leadership to the CSU Cottage Food Safety training program since 2016. She produces and edits a statewide blog, newsletter and numerous curriculums for CSU Extension.  She enjoys creating and delivering workshops and presentations on nutrition, meal planning, food safety, food preservation and family resource management. She is currently researching how participant  stress and anxiety can be reduced by attending select CSU Extension programing.
Colorado State University Local and Regional Food Systems
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