Accessing Nutritious FoodPlan of Work

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Knott County CES

Title:
Accessing Nutritious Food
MAP:
Family Wellness
Agents Involved:
Linda Combs
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Food Preparation
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Situation:
In Knott County 27.5% of children live in poverty. 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.
Long-Term Outcomes:
•County population will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day
•County residents will 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
Intermediate Outcomes:
County residents will:
•Access more local foods
•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 be able to find resources.
•Households accessing emergency food sources will decrease.
Initial Outcomes:
County residents will:
•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
•Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety and food resource management


•Learn about community support services to increase food security
Evaluation:
Initial Outcome: Eat more fruits and vegetables
Indicator: observation, program evaluation tools
Method: pre and post tests, follow up evaluations, observations
Timeline: on-going

Intermediate Outcome: food management skills will improve
Indicator: less use of food banks, healthy eating, food safety is a priority
Method: pre and post tests, follow up evaluation, observation
Timeline: on-going

Long-term Outcome: less obesity and chronic diseases
Indicator: less use of food bank, county data health reports
Method: pre and post tests, evaluation, observation
Timeline: on-going
Learning Opportunities:

Audience: families

Project or Activity: Vegetarian 101: History, Health and Tips

Content or Curriculum: UK extension materials

Inputs: Glenna Wooton

Date: Feb 2018


Audience: families

Project or Activity: nutrition/food classes

Content or Curriculum: UK extension materials

Inputs: FCS agent

Date: on-going


Audience: families

Project or Activity: food safety/food preservation

Content or Curriculum: UK extension materials

Inputs: FCS agent

Date: on-going



Success Stories

Grow Appalachia provides gardening education with extension partnership

Author: Chadwick Conway

Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture

As interest expands with locally grown foods, the assistance for educational programs from the County Agriculture Agent continues to reach new families through Grow Appalachia program. The Grow Appalachia program is a sustainable based gardening program funded through Berea College and is provided to over fifty families in Knott County through the Hindman settlement school since 2012. The program has 58 families enrolled with a quarter of the participants being novice gardeners. With the program

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Small Appliances: What do You Want to Know?

Author: Linda Combs

Major Program: Food Preparation

Recently small electric counter top appliances have become the rage.  Especially the electric pressure cooker and the air fryer.  To answer the many questions owners or want to be owners have about these appliances the Knott County Family and Consumer Science agent offered “Small Appliances: What do You Want to Know?”.  Eighteen participants attended the program.  Pros and cons of both appliances were discussed and demonstrated.  Participants shared their per

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