Extension
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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 Madison County Horticulture Agent took part in the SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research Education) Fellows Program in 2018 and 2019. That program allowed her to travel to different areas of the country to study farm sustainability. The capstone to the SARE Fellows program is that participants must lead a seminar and farm tour at the National Association of County Agriculture Agents annual meeting. Due to COVID, the Agent was not able to teach the seminar until the summer of 2022.The goal o...
