Plate It Up! Kentucky ProudMajor Program

4337

Total Hours

Contributed.

37767

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

13

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

505

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals more likely to buy a Kentucky fruit or vegetable as a result of tasting a Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud recipe sample

20485

Number of individuals more likely to buy a Kentucky fruit or vegetable as a result of receiving a Plate It Up! recipe card

18081

Number of individuals who indicated that they purchased the fruits and vegetables featured on the Plate It Up! recipe card

10128

Number of individuals who reported an increase in their fruit and/or vegetable consumption 

9132

Number of individuals who reported consuming at least 4-6 servings of fruits per day after participating in Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud activities

3717

Number of individuals who reported consuming at least 4-6 servings of vegetables per day after participating in Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud activities

3806

Number of vendors reporting increased sales at markets where Plate It Up Kentucky Proud recipes are tasted or recipe cards distributed

496

Dollar value of vendor-reported increased sales associated with Plate It Up Kentucky Proud recipes tasted or cards distributed

22124

Stories

Hickman County Farm to Fork Event to Reduce Hunger

Hickman County FFA and FCCLA members serving Farm to Fork attendees.The Hickman County Farmers Market, the Fiscal Court of Hickman County, Rotary Park Committee and the Hickman County Extension Office collaborated, applied, and was awarded the Kentucky Department of Agricultures Farm to Fork Grant. The Farm to Fork program entailed a dinner where all ingredients were locally sourced to highlight local farms, farmers, producers, Kentucky Proud products and recipes. The dinner would be an exclusiv...

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Hickman County Farm to Fork Event to Reduce Hunger

Stories Behind the Numbers

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    The Pike County Family & Consumer Sciences program has worked cooperatively with the Pikeville Farmers Market and our Agriculture & Natural Resources program to provide Plate It Up: Kentucky Pro... Read More

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    The Center for Disease Control reports that 33.2% of Kentucky residents are obese, 46.2% consume fruit less than 1 time per day and 24.9% consume vegetables less than 1 time per day. Kentucky adults r... Read More

  • Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud

    Martin County presented Plate it up! Kentucky Proud to 200 total participants. After the program, all participants increased their knowledge of retail outlets for locally grown food commodities; all 2... Read More

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