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Contributed.
with Local Stakeholders.
of Multistate Efforts.
of Volunteers Engaged.
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
805 |
Number of people who attended training on food safety, food handling, food processing, liability, and/or marketing. This includes: PBPT, GAP certification, Farmers Market samples, ….) |
1641 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
929 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
1187 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
371 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
537 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
156 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
758 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
871 |
The Kentucky Proud Farm to Fork program increases awareness of buying local while teaming up with a local charitable organization. The events highlight local farmers, Kentucky Proud farm products and local chefs while raising money for a local approved organization.The Webster County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Webster County Farmers market, local producers, Kentucky Department of Agriculture and volunteers came together to plan and implement the first Webster County F...
