Stephanie Ostrenga Sprague
Stephanie has been a Supervisor and Food Safety Educator for Michigan State University Extension since 2016. She coaches and manages staff that offer nutrition and physical activity education to low-income audiences in the District 1 counties of Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Menominee, and Ontonagon. Stephanie also provides research-based Food Safety educational programming in the same District 1 area and her interest areas are food safety, food preservation, and disaster preparedness.
Stephanie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Exercise Science from Grand Valley State University and a Master of Public Health degree in Health Behavior Health Education from the University of Michigan. She is a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine and serves as a delegate with the EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network) team specializing in food safety. She has been a member of NEAFCS (National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences) since 2016. Stephanie offers food safety educational programs in the Central and Western Upper Peninsula including:
- ServSafe Manager Certification Courses
- Food Preservation
- Cottage Food Law
- Cooking for Crowds
- Emergency Preparedness
- Food Safety educational topics by request
Related Work
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Food safety for potlucks
Published on September 4, 2024
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“No room for error”: Keeping Halloween food safe for children with allergies
Published on October 20, 2023
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Navigating Halloween with food allergies
Published on October 12, 2023
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New self-paced online nutrition class available for Upper Peninsula residents
Published on May 11, 2023
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Pressing apple cider at home
Published on November 22, 2022
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Food Recall
Published on January 18, 2022
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Food safety for social media influencers
Published on April 12, 2021
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How to stay active when life gets in the way
Published on May 31, 2018
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Managing postural hypotension during exercise
Published on April 30, 2018