Home & Consumer HorticultureMajor Program

62136.656

Total Hours

Contributed.

1454950

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

374.3999

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

5880

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming

429267

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Family Gardening Bags

With family lifestyles getting busier and COVID19 closing many places and parks, it has put a strain on many families. According to Harvard Graduate School of Education, studies show gardens support and encourage healthful eating as a key component of childrens physical wellbeing, which can aid their academic and social success, too.Through the efforts of the McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service, families in McCracken County started their own vegetable gardens from seeds. This family g...

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