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Accessing Nutritious Foods in Breathitt County
Accessing Nutritious Foods
Jessica Ritchie, Ty Back, Kayla Watts
Food Preservation
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Farmer's Markets
Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
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 influencing policies, systems, and environments and 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
Increase number who:
Access more local foods
Redeem Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program benefit.
Plant, harvest and preserve produce
Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety and healthy eating habits
Increase number of:
New mothers utilize community services to support breastfeeding, such as WIC breast pump services
Workplaces and other organizations adopt policies supporting new mothers’ attempts to breastfeed
Youth who access other food sources when not in school
Households accessing emergency food sources
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:
Indicator: Number of program participants reporting increased food knowledge or skills as it pertains to nutritious foods and selection/preparation of such foods
Method: Pre/Post Test, Survey, Follow-Up Survey
Timeline: Fall, 2017
Intermediate Outcome:
Indicator: Number of program participants who use recommended practices relating to accessing nutritious foods in our county, or number of program participants that report a behavior change in regards to accessing nutritious foods.
Method: 3/6 Month Follow-Up Survey
Timeline: Fall, 2017- Spring, 2018
Long-term Outcome:
Indicator: Number of Breathitt County citizens that grow, purchase, prepare and preserve nutritious foods for their families.
Method: Review of participant records for farmer's market, long-term survey, reports from local health providers indicating numbers of young mothers and children and their eating habits
Timeline: Fall, 2017-Spring, 2020
Audience: Adults and Teens
Project or Activity: Food Preservation Workshops
Content or Curriculum: Food Preservation
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, SNAP Ed Assistant
Date: Summer, 2017
Audience: All Ages/All Community Members
Project or Activity: Lunch at the Market
Content or Curriculum: Farmer's Market/Food Preparation
Inputs: Agents, Office Staff, Volunteers, Farmers Market Vendors, Local Advertising Mediums
Date: Summer, 2017
Audience: All Ages/Community Members
Project or Activity: Grow Breathitt County
Content or Curriculum: Home Gardening, Selling at Farmer's Market, Food Preservation, Farm Visits
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, RCARS, Grow Appalachia
Date: Summer-Fall, 2017
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Super Star Chef
Content or Curriculum: Food Selection/Preparation
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, SNAP Ed Assistant
Date: Summer, 2017
Audience: Primary
Project or Activity: LEAP
Content or Curriculum: Literacy, Eating, and Activity for Primary
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, SNAP Ed Assistant, Program Assistant, school representatives
Date: Fall, 2017-Spring, 2018
Audience: Home Gardeners
Project or Activity: Garden Demonstrations; Raised Bed Demonstrations
Content or Curriculum: ID-128; ID-36; Home Visits; Gardening Presentations
Inputs: Agents, Assistants,
Date: 2017-2020
Author: Reed Graham
Major Program: Soils
I went to my first Breathitt County soil conservation meeting where I expressed my need for help fund soil samples for an upcoming program. With some conversation they agreed to pay for all of my program participants soil samples. They told me that they couldn't remember anyone every coming to ask them to pay for samples before so I felt very good about taking time to ask for a little help.
