Success Stories

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  July

  Undergraduate Student Research Project Leverages Expertise of Kentucky Extension Homemaker Associate Sewing Guilds to Enhance Sustainability of Food Recovery Efforts

  TheMobile Food Marketwasayear-longcollaborationamongthe Campus Kitchen at the University of Kentucky, ExtensionCooperative Service, and community partnersto supportlow-incomefamilies with children und...

  
  

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• 13

  July

  Building capacity of Family and Consumer Sciences agents to deliver innovative nutrition programming

  During the 2022 – 2023programyear,the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service hired40Family and Consumer Sciences(FCS)agents. Agents brought a diverse background of training andpreviousex...

  
  

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• 13

  July

  Collaboration Amongst Family and Consumer Sciences Specialists and Agents Debuts New Program to Promote a Culture of Health

  Health promotion programs have long focused on education about personal health behaviors like tobacco and alcohol use, diet, and physical activity. These health behaviors play an important role in hea...

  
  

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• 15

  July

  Mobile Food Market Increases Access to Fresh Produce for Families with Young Children

  In Kentucky, one out of every six children lack access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life and limited or uncertain availability of nutritious foods. In some areas of South Central K...

  
  

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