OREGON, Ill. – Do you have someone on your holiday list that is hard to buy for or has everything? Do you want an easy meal for yourself? University of Illinois Extension has the solution for you.
Individually proportioned meals are prepared and frozen for your convenience. Two sets of the following five meals (for 10 meals) include chicken and biscuits, pulled pork, lasagna, chicken bacon ranch pasta, and pork tenderloin with bourbon pineapple and potatoes.
Proceeds will benefit the Ogle-Carroll Ag in the Classroom Program. Place your order by 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27. You can order online at go.illinois.edu/freezermeals. The cost with a credit card is $95.
You can also mail your name, phone number, number of meal sets, and payment to 811 S Clay Street, Mt. Carroll, IL 61053. Make checks payable to Ogle-Carroll Ag Partnership (OCAP). If paying by check, the cost is $90. Check or cash can be dropped off at the University of Illinois Extension office, 421 W Pines Rd, Oregon.
Meal pickup will be on Monday, Dec 16, from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. at the University of Illinois Extension office, 421 W Pines Rd, in Oregon.
If you have any questions, please call 815-732-2191 or email charbm@illinois.edu.
Agriculture in the Classroom is a statewide educational program with lessons offered to kindergarten through eighth grade. Its goal is to help students, teachers, and the public gain greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society. This program is offered through the University of Illinois Extension Ogle County in partnership with Ogle County Farm Bureau, Carroll County Farm Bureau, Ogle County Soil & Water, and Carroll County Soil & Water.are
University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.