Statistical Contact Report for FY2024Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024

882188.2

Total Hours

Contributed.

4116128

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

8867.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

199952

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

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What Better Way to COOK Than WILD

In response to the growing trend of youth and adults unsure or unaware of where their food comes from, which includes a 2018 Michigan State University study that stated more than 48% dont seek out information about their food sources, and the growing trend of living a self sustaining life through foraging and hunting, the Garrard County Extension Office staff offered a COOK WILD Program to a registered 50 participants.During the event, registered participants were introduced to a variety of wild...

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What Better Way to COOK Than WILD

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Julie N.
I am a rural sociologist and an Extension faculty member in the Department of Community and Leadership Development.For Cooperative Extension, I developed and run the Extension program Kentucky: By The... More

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