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

685014.3

Total Hours

Contributed.

3257491

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

6637.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

154300

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Winter Cover Crop Giveaway for Community Gardens and Jefferson County Residents

The problem found within community gardens is soil erosion and poor soil quality due to over production of the crops. A secondary problem is allowing the soil to lay bare in the off season and this allows the soil to further erode and nutrients to be lost with each weather occurrence. The other concern is water quality issues in the garden and surrounding areas. An ongoing problem is weed control and this exacerbated during the off season when the ground is allowed to be farrow.The educational p...

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Winter Cover Crop Giveaway for Community Gardens and Jefferson County Residents

People

Pamela Holbrook

Extension Program Assistant (hourly)

Pamela
Pamela is an Nutrition Education Program Assistant in the Franklin County Cooperative Extension Office. She and her husband, James, have a small farm in Anderson County, which is both fun and tremendo... More

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