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Contributed.
with Local Stakeholders.
of Multistate Efforts.
of Volunteers Engaged.
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
805 |
Number of people who attended training on food safety, food handling, food processing, liability, and/or marketing. This includes: PBPT, GAP certification, Farmers Market samples, ….) |
1641 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
929 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
1187 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
371 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
537 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
156 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
758 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
871 |
The Carter County Extension Office receives over $20,000 each year through KDAs Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program for distribution to low-income senior citizens. Previously vouchers were distributed as paper coupons that Farmers Market vendors cashed like checks at their local banks. However, in 2022 the state issued vouchers on debit-type cards that had to be processed by the market vendors with a cell phone app called SoliMarket systems. There are usually difficulties with most change...
