Home & Consumer HorticultureMajor Program

61839.176

Total Hours

Contributed.

862504

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

540

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

5769

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming

504197

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Community Garden

Fresh produce can be hard to come by when you are living on a budget. An easy solution would be growing your own produce to save on your weekly grocery bill. Many though who live in apartments or other low income housing may not have the resources or even space to grow their own produce. The Mercer County Horticulture Agent along with the Mercer County SNAP –assistant partnered with their local Bluegrass Community Action office to help combat the lack of fresh affordable produce through gardenin...

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