Local Food SystemsMajor Program

15249

Total Hours

Contributed.

90378

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

699

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

1006

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who can accurately identify agricultural food products that extend beyond the growing season 

2139

Number of producers reporting more confidence in marketing/selling food products

1260

Number of producers who were successful in marketing/selling food products

1734

Number of residents reporting an increase in accessing fresh, local foods

11066

Number of producers who were encouraged by Extension programming to seek additional training on food safety ( FAP, FSMA, etc.)

1127

Number of producers who were successfully trained by Extension on food safety (GAP or FSMA)

856

Number of producers who successfully obtained value-added processing certification (HBM, HBP, BPCS, etc.) through Extension programming

256

Number of residents indicating a willingness to support local food markets as a result of awareness raised through Extension programming 

14419

Stories

Maple Season in Kentucky

As the new year begins and the winter sets in, folks in eastern Kentucky start to stir about about their farms. Everybody has been double checking their orders and organizing their supplies. Some are drawing out new lines and putting in connectors, making sure there arent any sagging sections of tubing. Others are doing last minute tests on new equipment recently installed but untested in production. They are preparing their sugar shack and sugar bushes for the coming weeks, its maple season.Kev...

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Maple Season in Kentucky

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