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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Contact Information

Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018


Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)Major Program

83225

Total Hours

Contributed.

518660

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

275

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

35299

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved

9805

Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods

22091

Number of individuals reporting that they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmer’s markets, CSA’s WIC, Food Pantry) that offer healthy foods

14746

Number of farmers markets accepting EBT cards

78

Dollars in EBT, WIC or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers markets

111157

Number of  families who grew a garden this year

3905

Number of first time growers or those who haven’t grown in five or more years

1033

Number of restaurants/other institutions utilizing local foods as a result of Extension programming

79

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