Extension
It Starts With Us
Home and Farm Safety
Safety
Jessica Barnes, Jessica Wells, Shannon Farrell, Shelley Meyer
Agriculture and Extension Leadership Development
Integrated Pest Management
Chemical Management
Also of concern is food supply, security, and home food safety. Beef Quality Assurance and Animal ID are important parts of food safety and essential to working with consumers and producers to insure safe food products. Farm and home safety education and firearm safety is also needed to prevent accidental deaths.
Reduce risk of accidental injury or death by educating the public on proper safety measures. Classes and activities will be offered relating to equipment, water, gun, pesticide, and natural disaster safety.
Families make changes in home for fire prevention, home and hunter gun safety, farm tractor, home lawn and equipment safety, water safety, railroad safety, and dangerous insect safety. Individuals will acquire and use severe weather radios.
Change home environment to improve safety.
Initial Outcome: Increased attendance and participation at programs offered that focus on safety
Indicator: Attendance
Method: pre and post evaluations on information presented
Timeline: immediately following the program(s)
Intermediate Outcome: Increased number of individuals who complete the safety programs offered
Indicator: Attendance, reduced medical costs, reduced emergency visits
Method: Personal testimonials, compilation of data
Timeline: All year
Long-term Outcome: Personal health and wellbeing increased, less accidents and fires and awareness of severe weather increased
Indicator: Attendance, results of screenings, reduced medical costs
Method: Personal testimonials, compilation of data, end of program written evaluations
Timeline: All Year
Audience: 4th and 5th grade students
Project or Activity: Safety Day
Content or Curriculum: Accident Prevention, Home and Farm Safety Education
Inputs: Volunteers, Harrison Memorial Hospital
Date: Apr-Oct.
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Mesonet Weather
Content or Curriculum: Information Gathering Local Community Weather
Inputs: Weather station located on a local farmer's land, link to UK weather station on county extension website
Date: All Year
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: 4-H Foods and Nutrition, Safety Demonstration, Adult Fair entries
Content or Curriculum: Dietary requirements, safe and proper food handling, Food preservation workshops
Inputs: volunteers, Extension partners
Date: All Year
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Foods and Nutrition, Safety Demonstrations, Adult Fair entries, Awards
Content or Curriculum: Food preservation workshops, safe and proper food handling
Inputs: volunteers
Date: All Year
Audience: 4-H
Project or Activity: Communications
Content or Curriculum: Communications Club, Speech, Demonstration, and Mock Interview Contest
Inputs: volunteers, Maysville Community College, community partners, 4-H staff
Date: All Year
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Cattle Handling Education and Safety
Content or Curriculum: Beef Quality Care & Assurance Modules
Inputs: volunteers, farm signs, Harrison County Beef Cattle Association
Date: Spring & Fall
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Pesticide Handling & Safety
Content or Curriculum: Private Applicator Training Material
Inputs: volunteers, PPE to give out
Date: Spring & Fall
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Farm Field Day
Content or Curriculum: On-farm safety demonstrations and booths
Inputs: volunteers, local farm service agency, soil conservation, UK specialists, Harrison County Beef Cattle Association
Date: Fall
Author: Jessica Hopkins
Major Program: Local Food System Development and Mapping
The problemOver the last few years, the Harrison County Extension ANR, Horticulture, and FCS Agents have noticed an increase in individuals with an interest in homesteading. The agents are more frequently receiving phone calls and questions related to how to grow and process their own food. Due to this, the agents decided to offer a Homesteading Series in 2023. The series was very successful and there were suggestions to continue it, so the series was offered again in 2024, wit
Author: Shelley Meyer
Major Program: Local Food System Development and Mapping
The problemOver the last few years, the Harrison County Extension ANR, Horticulture, and FCS Agents have noticed an increase in individuals with an interest in homesteading. The agents are more frequently receiving phone calls and questions related to how to grow and process their own food. Due to this, the agents decided to offer a Homesteading Series in 2023. The series was very successful and there were suggestions to continue it, so the series was offered again in 2024, wit
Author: Jessica Barnes
Major Program: Local Food System Development and Mapping
The problemOver the last few years, the Harrison County Extension ANR, Horticulture, and FCS Agents have noticed an increase in individuals with an interest in homesteading. The agents are more frequently receiving phone calls and questions related to how to grow and process their own food. Due to this, the agents decided to offer a Homesteading Series in 2023. The series was very successful and there were suggestions to continue it, so the series was offered again in 2024, wit
