Success StoryKentuckians have experienced firsthand how natural disasters can occur any time and often with little warning. Disasters take many forms, and we can feel their impacts across most areas of family life. Because there is no “one-size-fits-all” disaster model, planning community outreach can be challenging, and Cooperative Extension is often involved in disaster preparation and response at the local level.As a result of local needs, the Bluegrass Area Extension Agent for Family and Con...
W. Garrett Owen is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist of floriculture, greenhouse and controlled-environment crop production in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentuck... More
Since 1981 the International Centerof Bowling Green, KYhas helped resettle over10,000 refugeesand immigrantsworldwide.Thecenterhelpsin assimilation and integration intocommunity life.In September,a ca... Read More
Since 1981 the International Centerof Bowling Green, KYhas helped resettle over10,000 refugeesand immigrantsworldwide.Thecenterhelpsin assimilation and integration intocommunity life.In September,a ca... Read More
The Breckinridge County 4-H Choruses collaborated with the Louisville Youth Choir, thanks to a generous grant from the Kentucky Rural Urban Exchange. Over 120 youth from Breckinridge County and Louisv... Read More
In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory about the impacts of loneliness and isolation on overall public health. (Murthy, V.H., Holt-Lunstad, J., et al. (2023). Our Epidemic of Loneliness ... Read More