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Contributed.
with Local Stakeholders.
of Multistate Efforts.
of Volunteers Engaged.
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 |
An annual study by Feeding America, reports that one in six Kentuckians – including one in five children – was food insecure in 2014, meaning that consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year. Kentucky organizations that serve the hungry fed an estimated 58 million meals to approximately 611,000 Kentuckians in 2016. In 2017, the “Food Immunity Bill” was enacted to provide farmers and food gleaners with liability protection for dona...
