Local Food SystemsMajor Program

17043.6

Total Hours

Contributed.

89755

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

327.6

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

952

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs

808

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, ….)

1651

Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products

958

Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect.  

1058

Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods

1132

Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing,  Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School,  etc.)  

296

Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market

524

Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit  

170

Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT)

688

Stories

Addressing Access To Local Fruits & Vegetables

A large area of Eastern Kentucky has been identified as a food desert. A food desert is a location that is limited in being able to access fresh fruits and vegetables. Not having access to fruits and vegetables can limit these in individuals diets leading to chronic health diseases such as diabetes or heart disease.USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) development has received funding to establish over one hundred high tunnels in the area to help farmers grow more fruits in vegetab...

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Addressing Access To Local Fruits & Vegetables

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Rooted in Shelby continues to fill need for local food availability

    Rooted In Shelby is a volunteer-conceived and implemented program designed to promote the sale of horticultural, agricultural, and other products produced by Kentucky Proud enterprises located in Shel... Read More

  • Community Gardens

    The Bourbon County Extension Service was fortunate to receive a 2021 Agriculture Mini Grant through the Kentucky 4-H Foundation. This grant was a $1000 grant that required matching funds. The Extens... Read More

  • Small Diversified Farms

    During the 2020 Covid-19 shut down we saw a large interest in individuals desiring to learn to grow food for themselves and their families, as they learned these new techniques several families soon b... Read More

  • Feeding a Need

    The pandemic has dramatically increased food insecurity in our community. In order to offset some of these impacts we shifted our Extension office demonstration gardens to production mode. We have a s... Read More

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