Success Stories

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  June

  Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption through Home Cooking

  Review of data from the University of Kentucky WebNEERS evaluation system reveals that the majority of program participants enter the SNAP-Ed and EFNEP programs with low intake of fruits and vegetable...

  
  

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• 30

  June

  Kentucky Farmers Feeding Kentucky Children

  Kentucky Farmers Feeding Kentucky ChildrenWith 171 school districts in Kentucky serving over 647,000 K-12 students (Kentucky Department of Education, https://education.ky.gov/comm/edfacts, 6/30/2022) ...

  
  

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  July

  Adapting to Kentuckians' Needs During Covid-19 Pandemic

  Feeding America projected Kentucky to be among the top ten most food insecure states in 2021, at 15.1%. As in the rest of the United States, food insecurity in Kentucky was exacerbated by the Covid-19...

  
  

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  July

  Launching the Farmers' Market Toolkit

  In Kentucky, 55% of farmers markets do not accept SNAP benefits. Yet, recent surveys conducted by the University of Kentucky Nutrition Education Program revealed that SNAP-eligible Kentuckians who sho...

  
  

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