Extension
It Starts With Us
Creating awareness of the impact of agriculture on daily life
Agricultural Awareness
Hardy, Lambert, Rideout
Local Food Systems
Forages
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Agriculture 4-H Core Curriculum
Kentucky is home to 77,064 farms, with 465 farms in Henderson County (National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2012). The average farm size in Henderson County is 378 acres, compared to the state average of 169 (National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2012). Between 2007 and 2012, the Bluegrass State had a 6.7% decrease in the number of acres of farmland, which is the greatest percentage decrease any state in the country (Census of Agriculture, 2012).
In 2012, Henderson County farms operated on 175,914 acres, which represented 62.9% of total county land. In comparison, Kentucky’s farm operations made up 51.6% of the state’s total land area, and U.S. farm operations made up 40.5% of total land area in the country. While Kentucky’s population is increasing, the number of people living on farms is decreasing. Therefore, the need exists to educate people about the impact that it makes on their daily lives, as well as the importance of agriculture to the commonwealth.
Adults and youth in Henderson County will be advocates for agriculture and healthy and sustainable food systems.
Adults and youth can explain the role of agriculture in daily life to others and can influence the purchase of Kentucky Proud products.
People in Henderson County will know where their food comes from and what can be grown locally and will know more about Kentucky Proud products.
Initial Outcome: People in Henderson County will know where their food comes from and what can be grown locally and will know more about Kentucky Proud products.
Indicator: People will state what they have learned
Method: Survey
Timeline: End of 2018
Intermediate Outcome: Adults and youth can explain the role of agriculture in daily life to others and can influence the purchase of Kentucky Proud products.
Indicator: Survey
Method: Demonstrate Skills
Timeline: End of 2018
Long-term Outcome: Adults and youth in Henderson County will be advocates for agriculture and healthy and sustainable food systems.
Indicator: Behavior
Method: Demonstrate Skills
Timeline: 2018 forward
Audience: Henderson County Residence
Project or Activity: Education on locally grown crops, what they looks like, and recipes you can make with them on Ag Life tv show
Content or Curriculum: KY Proud, Plate it up, Extension Publications
Inputs: Extension Agents, Extension Specialists, Farmers
Date: 2018 monthly
Audience: Henderson County Seniors
Project or Activity: Administer the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program
Content or Curriculum: State guidelines/promotional materials
Inputs: Extension Agents, Community partners, Farmers
Date: Summer 2018
Author: Paul Andrew Rideout
Major Program: Local Food Systems
Agriculture has always been a significant factor in the sustainability and development the nation and Kentucky in particular. Unfortunately, the important role of agriculture as a foundation is not always apparent to those outside of agriculture. Current generations of children often see agriculture only in terms of narrow stereotypes—a farmer, a cow, and/or a tractor, with the stereotypical farmer only visualized as an old man that "wears bib overalls and chew
Author: Jeremiah Johnson
Major Program: Agriculture 4-H Core Curriculum
In a 2017 Article by the Washington Post, the author argued that fewer and fewer American youth know where their food comes from. In the article, it presented a 2010 study from California that showed on 50% of youth knew where tomatoes came from, for onions, that number was 39%, buns, 28% and pickles, a whopping 22%. Similar studies conducted by agricultural education professionals in more recent years, seem to show about the same percentages. This fall, the Henderson County Ext
