Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Robert Amburgey
Major Program: Commercial Horticulture - Crop Marketing
The Bath County Produce auction has been in existence for a number of years. The original goal was to provide local and regional producers an opportunity to diversify their operations, transition away from tobacco and increase farm revenue. Even though the market has provided an opportunity to do these things, it has not grown in the past 8 years and has not been able to recruit the buyers needed to establish a wholesale market in the area. This year, the extension office has w
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Commercial Horticulture - Crop Marketing
The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service Agent for Horticulture Education (HORT), Common Earth Gardens (CEG); Kentucky Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (KCARD) and Navigate Enterprises of the Jewish Family & Career Center (NE) along with support from the University of Kentucky’s Center for Crop Diversity (CCD) have developed and implemented a three year incubator farm program for Louisville’s immigrant and refugee population to help interested participants
