Extension
It Starts With Us
| 1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1021.11) | 3 |
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
| 1021.1) | 6 |
Number of people who attended training on food safety, food handling, food processing, liability, and/or marketing. This includes: PBPT, GAP certification, Farmers Market samples, ….) |
| 1021.8) | 3 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
| 1021.7) | 3 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
| 1021.6) | 3 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
| 1021.4) | 3 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
| 1021.5) | 3 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
| 1021.3) | 1 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
| 1021.2) | 6 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
Author: Matthew Chadwick
Major Program: Local Food Systems
During the 2020 Covid-19 shut down we saw a large interest in individuals desiring to learn to grow food for themselves and their families, as they learned these new techniques several families soon began to ask questions about growing food for sale. In late 2020 a group of agriculture agents in Calloway, Marshall, McCracken, Caldwell, Trigg, Crittenden, and Livingston came together to address a rapidly growing trend of small “homestead plus” farms. We developed a series of “en
