KSU Small Farm ProgramMajor Program

20825

Total Hours

Contributed.

30650

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

10072

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

455

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers participating in KSU small farm programming

227

Number of producers who reported putting into practice what they learned as a result of participating in KSU small farm programs

97

Stories

Prisoners Break Out Into Beekeeping

Through the Kentucky State University Small Farm Project and Beginning Farmer Grant and a collaborative program with the University of Kentucky Extension limited resource farmers Beginning Beekeeping was taught to inmates in the prison system.Upon the request of several correctional facilities for honeybee classes, 64 inmates in Kentucky now understand basic beekeeping. Three different basic beekeeping series were completed each with 5 different classes. These Classes covered “Sustainability and...

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Prisoners Break Out Into Beekeeping

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