Statistical Contact Report for FY2021Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021

1002351.56

Total Hours

Contributed.

5764097

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

28375.6

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

325772

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Microgreens: Growing indoor salad in 2 weeks

Microgreens are a new, trendy agricultural product that many people are still not familiar with. Growing microgreens is an easy way to provide a family with nutrient rich produce in as little as two weeks and is also becoming a lucrative business venture for agricultural entrepreneurs. The Microgreens 101 program was created to familiarize youth with the process of growing microgreens from seed to harvest as a means to produce food for their families or to create economic opportunities in Ag bus...

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Microgreens: Growing indoor salad in 2 weeks

Major Programs

Program Emphasis

Name

Percent

People

W. Garrett Owen

Extension Faculty

W. Garrett
W. Garrett Owen is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist of floriculture, greenhouse and controlled-environment crop production in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentuck... More

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