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Kenton County CES

Title:
ANR Local Food Systems
MAP:
Promote Best Management Practices for Agriculture
Agents Involved:
Dan Allen
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Local Food Systems
Situation:
Kenton County is a diverse county and we have people producing food at all levels, from traditional commercial operations to self-sustaining homesteading food production.
Long-Term Outcomes:
Increase the availability of food for Kenton County residents interested in producing their own food.
Intermediate Outcomes:
Implementation of practices needed to produce food.
Initial Outcomes:
Residents learn how to best raise their own food for their consumption.
Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Food raised for a family

Indicator: Increased food is produced

Method: Surveys and conversations

Timeline: Spring 2018, 2019, 2020


Intermediate Outcome: Less reliance on processed expensive food.


Long-term Outcome: Economic and better health.


Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Residents or landowners in Kenton County

Project or Activity: Freezer Beef, Raising Pork for a Family, Poultry for Meat and Eggs

Content or Curriculum: UK Curriculum

Inputs: Agent and specialists

Date: March 2018, 2019, 2020; April 2018, 2019, 2020; May 2018, 2019, 2020


Audience: First-Time Farmers

Project or Activity: Farm Start

Content or Curriculum: UK C.E.S. curriculum

Inputs: UK Agents, Specialists and UK Ag Agents

Date: September 2017 - March 2018


Audience: Kenton County Residents

Project or Activity: NKY Food Summit

Content or Curriculum: UK SNAP, FCS, ANR pubs

Inputs: ANR Agent

Date: Ongoing


Audience: Kenton County Freezer Pork Producers
Project or Activity: Field Trip to Black Oak Holler
Content or Curriculum: WVU Pasture Pork
Inputs: WVU Specialist
Date:  April 2018



Success Stories

Breeding Ability of Bulls

Author: Daniel Allen

Major Program: Beef

The quality of a beef herd is directly affected by the selection and health of the herd’s bull. In an effort to ensure that local beef producer’s bulls are ready for the breeding season, Boone and Kenton County Cooperative Extension Service offers bull soundness exams (BSE) in cooperation with a local veterinarian. A basic BSE evaluates, physical soundness, reproductive tract soundness, required scrotal circumference, determination of sperm cell count and sperm mobility. According to

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Friday Farming Happy Hours

Author: Daniel Allen

Major Program: Farm Management

Delivery of programming to our agriculture community has been traditionally a classroom, lecture or field day demonstration. A 2009 focus group study by Virginia Tech extension service, indicated that peer teaching and learning was a preferred way of learning by many participants, (85%). One of the strengths of the Cooperative Extension Service is getting people to the table around subjects to open dialogue so that learning takes place. The Kenton County Agriculture Agent held a series of Friday

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