McCreary County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
| 2068 - Cook Wild Kentucky | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2068.5) | 15 |
Number of participants in ‘Field to Fork/Hook and Cook’ classes. |
| 2068.1) | 40 |
Number of participants at recipe-tasting events |
| 2068.3) | 100 |
Number of recipe cards distributed |
| 2068.6) | 25 |
Pounds of donated venison |
| 2068.2) | 6 |
Number of recipe-tasting events hosted |
Success Stories
Cook Wild: Deer Processing Workshop with KDFW
Author: Tracie Goodman
Major Program: Cook Wild Kentucky
McCreary County is largely composed of federally forested land and is home to a considerable population of wild game hunters. In the 2022/2023 hunting season, McCreary County hunters harvested a total of 507 deer. McCreary County also has a population of 3,190 individuals who are food insecure, and 94% of that population falls below the SNAP/Other Nutrition Programs threshold of 200% poverty. Since getting venison professionally processed can be expensive, many hunters process their own. However
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