Campbell County CES

Title:

Home Horticulture - Access to Local Produce

MAP:

Home Horticulture

Agents Involved:

Imbus, Turner, Bowen, Thompson

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Horticulture, Commercial

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Local Food Systems

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Integrated Pest Management

Situation:

Our county assessment report in 2019, indicates that many residents have requested information to gain knowledge about, but not limited to: food education, youth gardening, small scale farming, access to fresh produce, farm to table programming, and farm education for urban families.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Strengthen existing markets to offer more diversity of products, increase foot traffic to markets and make them a dynamic destination with events, activities, and educational programs (i.e. food demonstrations) to attract customers and visitors. 

Intermediate Outcomes:

Provide access to fresh produce to families throughout the county especially in the urban community; decrease hunger; increase food education programs on healthy and safe food preparation methods with produce grown at home and/or purchased from local markets.

Initial Outcomes:

Diversify farmers crop production

Collaborating with FCS and SNAP-ED program areas by offering tastings and events to increase customer base and access to local produce

Learn to grow, prepare, and preserve food

Learn a new recipe

Incorporate unfamiliar foods into a healthy lifestyle

Evaluation:

Long-Term Outcomes: Increase customer knowledge of healthier cooking options with more fruits and vegetables

Indicator: Increase awareness of cooking with fruits and vegetables

Method: Farmers Market Food Demonstrations and share KY Proud recipes

Timeline: 2024-2025

 

Intermediate Outcomes: Increase access to fresh produce to families

Indicator: Increase market awareness 

Method: Market advertising, youth garden programing

Timeline: 2024-2025

 

Initial Outcomes: Awareness of health benefits by an increase in physical activity and eating more fruits and vegetables 

Indicator: Adopting knowledge to make better lifestyle choices 

Method: food demos, recipes at markets, community gardens

Timeline: 2024-2025

 

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Market Consumers

Project or Activity: Fresh produce samples

Content or Curriculum: KY proud or Plate it Up recipes 

Inputs: Hort agent, KDA, Farmers Market

Timeline: 2024-2025

 

Audience: Preschool

Project or Activity: Flowerbuds-improve reading readiness skills while gaining knowledge about fruits and vegetables

Content or Curriculum: LEAP curriculum, FCS and hort publications

Inputs: Hort and FCS

Timeline: 2024-2025

Success Stories