Impacts
Statistical Contact Report for FY2024Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
1107202.2
Total Hours
Contributed.
6345544
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
25861.2
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
267741
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Stories
Foraging for Fungus: Potential Life Saving Training
Each year, wild mushroom consumption leads to illness and in some cases, even death. According to the most recently published National Poison Control Annual Report, Mushrooms ranked 19th on their top 25 substance categories with the greatest risk of exposure increase. 1,119 serious exposures from mushrooms were reported by national poison control in 2022 alone. Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Agents in the Purchase Region also noticed a substantial increase in mushroom identification...
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People
I have been at the University of Kentucky and Cooperative Extension since 1985. Originally from Texas, I received my B.S. degree from Texas Tech University, and my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from New Mexi... More
