Extension
It Starts With Us
Accessing Nutritious Foods
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Center and 4-H Agent
Nutrition and Food Systems General
Agriculture
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Local Food Systems
According to the University of Kentucky-Kentucky County Agriculture and Food Profiles Elliott County has one grocery store. 11 percent of the population has no car and live more than one mile form the grocery store. The county has one Farmer's market that accepts both WIC and Senior Farmer's Market Senior Vouchers. However, the market does not accept SNAP. Farmer's Market vendors often have left over produce at the end of the market day. According to 2017 Census of Agriculture there are approximately 363 farms in Elliott County averaging 152 acres per farm. Many farm owners grow vegetable gardens and preserve their food for winter use.
Youth and adults in Elliott County will improve diet by increasing fresh fruits and vegetables and/or preserved vegetables and fruit through the winter months.
Youth and adults will purchase more fruits and vegetables from the Farmer's Market and report buying more locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Through participation in Educational programs clients will learn the benefits and importance of a healthy diet rich in fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Initial Outcome: Clients will learn the benefit of a healthy diet rich in fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables
Indicator: Participation in Plate it Up Ky proud and Kids Bucks will increase
Method: More Plate it UP KY proud recipe cards will be distributed and clients will begin utilizing the cards and recipes
Timeline: June through October
Intermediate Outcome: Youth and adults will purchase more fruits and vegetables from the Farmer's Market
Indicator: Sales at the farmers market will increase
Method: Vendors at the market will report and increase in sales
Timeline: 2021 Farmers Market season
Long-term Outcome: Youth and adults will improve diets by increasing fresh fruits and vegetables and preserved fresh fruits and vegetables
Indicator: increase in educational programs such as cooking through the calendar and fruit and vegetable workshops
Method: More clients will begin canning and preserving foods
Timeline: January through December
Audience: Farmer's Market
Project or Activity: Plate it Up Kentucky Proud demonstrations
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up Kentucky Proud
Inputs: Farmer's Market vendors and Extension Agents and Staff
Date: 2021 Farmer's Market Season
Audience: God's Pantry Food Drop clients
Project or Activity: Make food baskets for 144 families each month
Content or Curriculum: God's Pantry Food Drop (Assessing Nutritious Foods)
Inputs: Extension Agents and Staff
Date: January through December
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Mini Nutrition lessons
Content or Curriculum: Youth Master Gardner, Family Consumer Science 4-H Youth Curriculum
Inputs: Extension Agents and Staff and Farmer's Market Vendors
Date: 2021 Farmer's Market Season
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Kid's Bucks Program
Content or Curriculum: Kid's Bucks Program Sponsored by Elliott County KFB
Inputs: KFB Board members, Elliott County Extension Agents and Staff and Farmer's Market Vendors
Date: 2021 Farmer's Market Season
Author: Morgan Murphy
Major Program: Health
Promoting healthy eating to youth at a young age can help them create healthy eating habits for a lifetime. One of the identified priorities brought up in our stakeholder interviews was a cleaner, safer, healthier community. In response, Elliott County 4-H offered a Kids Bucks program at our farmers market where we encouraged youth to try new fruits and vegetables and talked about healthy eating habits. We targeted youth ages 5-18 and held the kids bucks program twice weekly from July to August.
Author: Jacob Ison
Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home
In the months of February and March the Elliott County Extension Office took up orders for fruit and vegetable starter plants to allow members of the local community to have access to plants that will eventually provide nutritious fresh foods right off the vine at a very low cost. On Wednesday, April 6th the Elliott ANR Agent Jacob Ison picked up the plants and brought them back to the Extension office to be dispersed. The next day, the orders were separated and became available for pick up. The
