Success Stories

• 05

  February

  Designing and Constructing Landscape Fabric Retrieval Apparatus for Vining Crops in a Plasticulture System

  We have a large school garden where we grow a good supply of watermelons and cantaloupe for use in the school lunch program. Controlling weeds and mud between rows of plastic is quite a challenge. We...

  
  

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• 24

  January

  Growing Fruit and Vegetables in a Large School Garden Utilized by the School Food Service

  Growing Fruit and Vegetables in a large school garden utilized by the school food servicebyGlen RobertsPlanning Unit: Wayne County CESMajor Program:Horticulture, CommercialCollaborators: Glen Roberts,...

  
  

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• 23

  January

  Group Purchasing Mineral Program

  Collaborators: UK Beef IRM Nutrition Specialists, KY Farm Bureau Federation, Wayne County Farm Bureau Federation, ANR Agent Glen Roberts, KSU Small Farm Assistant, and Wayne County Cattlemen`s Associa...

  
  

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• 12

  July

  Purchasing a Mounted Soil sampling machine to serve producers

  Participants: Farmer Producers, ANR Agent Glen Roberts, Assistants Terry Bertram and Steps employee Lynn Slagle and KSU Small Farms, Danny Adams. Farmers are not adopting soil testing to the degree th...

  
  

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