Extension
It Starts With Us
Snap Ed, LEAP, Farmers Market, Senior Nutrition
Accessing Nutritious Foods
Hazel Jackson, Garrard Coffey
Cook Together, Eat Together
Food Preservation
Farmer's Markets
Food Preparation
According to the 2010 census, 20% of adults and 27% of children in Rockcastle County live in Poverty. Lower income families are not meeting the recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption.
According to the Center or Disease Control and prevention, Kentucky adult obesity rates rank among the 10 highest in the US; and Kentucky youth rank among the 10 highest for obesity in the us. 30% of Kentucky adults report not participating in any physical activity. The CC also reports that Kentucky is 10th highest for poor consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Families will be able to more effectively budget their snap ed benefits so that their food lasts throughout the month. Families will learn how to prepare more nutritious meals and will supplement their food budget with vegetables that are grown and preserved at home.
Families can feed their children throughout the summer months when there is no school. Children will learn to eat nutritious foods and will increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Families will learn to safely preserve foods that they have grown.
Families will prepare meals at home at least 3 times a week.
Individuals will engage in regular physical activity.
Children will try fruits, vegetables and dairy products that they have never eaten. Adults and youth will learn to eat a healthier diet.
Initial Outcome: Youth and adults will learn basic cooking techniques.
Indicator: youth demonstrate basic skills
Method: Youth prepare foods during food preparation course
Timeline: Summer 2019
Intermediate Outcome: Youth and adults prepare nutritious meals at home.
Indicator: survey of youth and parents
Method:
Timeline: summer / fall 2019
Adult Food Preparation/ Nutrition Classes
Longterm Outcome: Adults improve their health with a more healthy diet
Indicator: number of adults who report lowered blood pressure, lower cholestrol, and health A1C levels.
Method: survey of adults who have attended classes
Timeline: Classes to be offered throughout the year;
Audience: Youth, Adults, Seniors
Project or Activity: workshops
Content or Curriculum: LEAP, Snap ed workshops, Teen Cuisine
Inputs: teaching lessons
Date: year round
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: field day (all 5th grades) in-class instruction (2nd gradeat Mt. Vernon Elementary)
Content or Curriculum: My plate, snap ed
Inputs: classes, food demos, tasting of fruits and vegetables
Date: Summer 2019 & 2020
Audience: Public; those attend farmers markets
Project or Activity: Food Demonstrations and samples at Farmers Markets
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up; Snap ED; food preservation
Inputs: food demos by FCS agent; recruitment by SnapEd Assistant
Date: Summer 2019 & 2020
Audience: Youth,
Project or Activity: afterschool cooking classes
Content or Curriculum: Snap ed & Teen Cuisine
Inputs: teaching lessons agents and/or Snap Ed assistant
Date: Fall 2019
Audience: Families (one adult and one child)
Project or Activity: Cook Together/Eat Together
Inputs: teach the lesson/demo prior to the meal preparation
Date: Summer and Fall 2019 (2 groups --- 5 sessions per group)
Author: Hazel Jackson
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
During the Spring and Fall of 2019, 3 seperate sessions of Cook Together / Eat Together was offered by the Rockcastle County FCS program. The FCS agent lead the food preparation sessions and taught the basic skills to the youth in the program. Each session of the program had 6 dinner socials. A total of 22 youth, (accompanied by 16 adults) participated in the programs. 21 of the youth earned their cookbooks by attending at least 3 of the 6 sessions o
Author: Garrard Coffey
Major Program: Farmer's Markets
According to CEDIK data, 249 Rockcastle County Farms produce on less than 50 acres of land and 2% of crops grown in the county are fruits and vegetables. There are only 2 grocery stores in the county which creates a perfect market for farmers to sell fresh produce to local consumers. Because of this need, the Rockcastle County Farmer’s Market and others have saw opportunity for growth.This past market season, there were 8 total vendors who sold a total of $27,284. This is money that stays
Author: Garrard Coffey
Major Program: Food Preparation
In partnership with specialist Martha Yount an outdoor cooking series was planned and executed on social media platforms. The plan was to show people now to use cast iron cookware over the fire as well as baking in cast iron dutch ovens with charcoal. The series is ongoing and has been a successful out reach to this point. The outline of the series is based on cooking everywhere from you backyard to backcountry campsites. The program content consisted of setup of outdoor
Author: Hazel Jackson
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Social distancing measures during the Covid 19 pandemic has caused Extension Agents to need new ways to reach families with educational information. The Rockcastle County Extension FCS program has made 'Pick up and Go Program bags' to reach families with needed educatonal resources. Starting April 1, at least one "Go Bag" was assembled and distributed each week. Most weeks, an adult and a youth bag was assembled. Due to the popularity of the bags, the
