Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Janet Turley
Major Program: Substance Use and Mental Health - CED
Last summer, the Warren County Extension Office conducted the BARN dinner theater to Bring Awareness Right Now to Mental Health in the rural community. It was such a successful event; the Warren County Extension Council initiated a follow-up program dedicated to mental health awareness called Harvest Festival. Agents, council members, and community partners worked together to host an event filled with educational information and health screenings for par
Author: Kelsey Marcum
Major Program: Substance Use and Mental Health - CED
According to the National Survey of Drug Use and Health in 2021, 23.05% of people in Kentucky report a mental illness of any kind in the past year (defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder, other than a developmental or substance use disorder). 4 in 10 adults in the US have at least one chronic disease, and 6 in 10 have two or more chronic diseases according to the CDC. Some of the key lifestyle risks for chronic disease are lack of physical activity and poor nut
Author: Keller
Major Program: Substance Use and Mental Health - CED
Handling Farm Stress on the Family FarmOn the average 76 % of all the land in the four river counties is in crop production. Three of the four counties Ballard, Carlisle, and Fulton County have over 33 million in average crop sales. Hickman County sells over 56 million in crop sales. In all four counties, there is an average of 24.75% female farm operators. Our program this year for the Women in Ag Seminar was to concentrate on handling farm stress and its impact on the f
Author: Nicole Breazeale
Major Program: Substance Use and Mental Health - CED
The Recovery Garden Toolkit is a Kentucky CES resource developed by a multi-disciplinary team of Extension Agents, Specialists, Nutrition Education Program (NEP) Assistants and Extension Faculty from Community and Leadership Development, Nutrition Education, Horticulture, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Family and Consumer Sciences. The goal of the Recovery Garden Toolkit is to support Extension Agents and Nutrition Educators to implement sustainable, impactful, collaborative programming
