Extension
It Starts With Us
Health and Wellness for all ages
Nutrition and Wellness for Bracken County Residents
FCS
Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
Food Preparation
Get Moving Kentucky (Physical Activity Based Programs)
Nutrition Education Programs help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; communities to
decrease hunger; and local food assistance programs to educate recipients on healthy and safe food preparation
methods. Agents, paraprofessionals and volunteers are pivotal in training consumers and producers to maximize
local access to food products from farm to table.
Kentucky population will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day
More new mothers attempt to breast feed their babies and increase duration of breastfeeding to six weeks or more
Kentuckians improve food management skills and healthy eating habits
Youth will be food secure when school is not in session
People accessing emergency food sources will select from nutrient
dense items
Plant, harvest and preserve produce
Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety and healthy eating habits
Youth who access other food sources when not in school will increase
Households accessing emergency food sources will increase
Understand the importance of sustainable local agriculture to individual
health and financial well-being
Learn to grow, prepare and preserve food
Learn to incorporate unfamiliar foods or foods not currently eaten into a healthy diet
New mothers and those who support them increase knowledge about the health and
economic benefits of breastfeeding
Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety and food resource management
Learn about community support services to increase food security
Initial Outcome: Families will increase knowledge, skills and attitudes related to healthy life skill choices, food preservation and food safety.
Indicator: Families practicing healthy food preparation
Method: Informal surveys
Timeline: Summer 2018
Intermediate Outcome: Students will participate in School Garden
Indicator: Number of participants assisting with garden
Method: visual observations
Timeline: 2018-2019
Long-term Outcome: Increase Healthy Eating regularly
Indicator: People making healthier choices
Method: surveys
Timeline:2018-2019
Audience: Power of Pink Dinner
Project or Activity: Breast Cancer Awareness
Content or Curriculum: Health Agencies, CES Publications
Inputs: FCS Agents, Health Partners
Date: Fall 2018
Audience: Students
Project or Activity: School Garden
Content or Curriculum: Agriculture Pubs, Plate it Up Recipes, Just Grow It
Inputs: FCS agent, Ag Agent, School Volunteers
Date: 2018-2019
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Food Preservation Class
Content or Curriculum: Food Preservation Pubs
Inputs: FCS Agent
Date: Summer 2018
Author: Shannon Smith
Major Program: Food Preservation
Participants of the 2018 Bracken County Food Preservation Program learned the pressure canning, water bath canning, freezing and drying methods of food preservation. Participants said that they learned about the program via the Homemaker Newsletter, on Facebook, on the Extension website, and through a friend. Participants chose to attend the program because of a desire to learn, in order to improve skills, to use the skills to earn and save money, to interact with others an
Author: Shannon Smith
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
The life of the high school senior is full of “adult” decisions: selecting a college, picking a major, choosing a career path, and moving out! Although today’s adolescents are technologically advanced compared to prior generations, they sometimes lack basic practical living skills. After being approached by school officials with this very same concern, the Family Consumer Science Agent and 4-H Youth Development Agent decided a crash course was needed. The Adulting 10
