Back to Basics: Eat Real Food with the New Dietary Guidelines – 2026 Edition [FREE]

Explore how today’s updated nutrition guidelines move beyond the old food pyramid to emphasize real, whole foods that support lasting energy and overall wellness. In this class, you’ll learn how to build balanced meals with whole fruits and vegetables, quality proteins, healthy fats, and whole grains—while reducing ultra-processed foods. Walk away with simple, practical tools to nourish your body and feel your best every day.

Joi Foss Vogin is a Family and Consumer Sciences Agent with the University of Maryland Extension in Frederick County, MD. She is a licensed Nutritionist and Clinical Herbalist with over 25 years of experience in nutrition, food safety and herbal medicine. Joi’s areas of interest include the prevention of diabetes, cardiovascular and other chronic diseases through whole foods nutrition, cooking as self-care, and healthy living behaviors. She is a native plant and herbal enthusiast and teaches the importance of safe and sustainable herb use, growth, and harvesting practices.

This is a free community offering with limited capacity, if you have RSVP’d but are unable to attend, kindly email arobinson@commonmarket.coop to allow us to offer your spot to another participant.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Joi Vogin on or before

4/17/26 at 301-600-3573 or jvogin@umd.edu.