Nutrition and Food Systems General Major Program
Total Hours
Contributed.
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Program Indicators
Number of individuals who reported eating 4-6 servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily |
5258 |
Number of individuals who reported they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmers’ markets, CSAs, WIC, food pantries) that offer healthy foods |
16773 |
Number of individuals who reported increased knowledge, skills, or intentions related to using the nutrition facts label |
8924 |
Number of families/caregivers who reported supplementing their diets with healthy foods that they grew or preserved (community or backyard gardens, fishing, hunting, farmers markets) |
3737 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC, or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers’ markets |
81739 |
Stories
Discovering The Kentucky Farm to School Hub
The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Nutrition Education Program has worked with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture Farm to School Program to produce the Kentucky Farm to School Hub. This is a free statewide website designed to help farmers and school food purchasers find one another and coordinate the production of local food with school menu needs, so more Kentucky food makes its way to the plates of Kentucky schoolchildren. The Kentucky Farm to School Hub provides a ho...
Reports
Stories Behind the Numbers
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