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Increase Nutritious Food Access
Accessing Nutritious Foods
FCS Agent (TBA), Schalk, Stith, Tarry,
Food Preservation
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Food Preparation
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
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.
•Increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day.
•Improve food management skills and healthy eating habits.
•Youth will be food secure when school is not in session.
•Increase access to more local foods.
•Redeem Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program benefit.
•Plant, harvest and preserve fresh produce.
•Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety and healthy eating habits.
•Increase Youth who access other food sources when not in school.
•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: Gardening and Food Preservation Survey
Outcome: Citizens will preserve fresh produce.
Indicator: Number of families preserving produce and how much.
Method: Survey
Timeline: 3 month follow up
Evaluation: Plate It Up KY Proud Evaluation
Outcome: Citizens utilizing fresh produce to make new recipes.
Indicator: Feedback
Method: Evaluation
Timeline: Overall, Follow up
Audience: Citizens
Project or Activity: Food Preservation Programs
Content or Curriculum: Food Preservation Publication Series
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, CES Facilities & Equipment, Local Farmer’s Markets
Date: July, June
Audience: Citizens
Project or Activity: Food Preparation Programs
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up KY Proud, CES Food & Nutrition Publications and Resources
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, CES Facilities & Equipment, Local Farmer’s Markets
Date: July – June
Audience: Limited Resource Individuals & Families
Project or Activity: Kentucky Nutrition Education Program
Content or Curriculum: Kentucky Nutrition Education Program Curriculum, Plate It Up KY Proud
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, CES Facilities & Equipment, Community Partners
Date: July - June
Audience: Citizens
Project or Activity: 100 Mile Potluck
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up KY Proud, Volunteer Manual, 4-H Curriculum, KY Extension Master Gardener Program,
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, Volunteers, CES Facilities & Equipment, Local Farmer’s Markets
Date: July
Audience: Youth, Teens and Volunteers
Project or Activity: 4-H Foods Workshops, 4-H Club and Special Interest
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Foods Curriculum, 4-H Food Preservation , Professor Popcorn
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, Volunteers, CES Facilities & Equipment
Date: July, August
Audience: Citizens
Project or Activity: Cooking with the Calendar
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up KY Proud, Yearly Food & Nutrition Calendar, CES Publications
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, Volunteers, CES Facilities & Equipment, Local Farmer’s Markets
Date: July-June
Author: Andrea Stith
Major Program: Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
Barren County residents face the challenges of overweight (62%) and obesity (32%). Families often rely on fast food and convenience foods which are high in calories, sugar, fat, and sodium. To combat this health issue, Barren County Cooperative Extension Agent for Horticulture teamed up with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Education team to conduct a 3-day Super Star Chef Camp. The maximum of 20 youth, ages 9 to 17 years old, participated in Super Star Chef. All were first t
Author: LaToya Drake
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
LaToya Drake, Barren County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences was a new face to Extension but not to the County. The Agent was born and raised in Barren County and spent much of her career serving her home community in other roles. Despite being familiar with the County and various resources, the Agent’s exposure to Extension was limited before becoming employed with the Cooperative Service in September of 2018. “As someone who grew up with less financial resource
