Extension
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| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
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| 1031.1) | 94 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Chadwick Conway
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
As interest expands with locally grown foods, the assistance for educational programs from the County Agriculture Agent continues to reach new families through Grow Appalachia program. The Grow Appalachia program is a sustainable based gardening program funded through Berea College and is provided to over fifty families in Knott County through the Hindman settlement school since 2012. The program has 58 families enrolled with a quarter of the participants being novice gardeners. With the program
Author: Chadwick Conway
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Many folks in Appalachia have enjoyed growing fruit trees around their homes for decades. Although times have changed, many still like to receive the pleasure of growing and enjoying fresh picked fruit from their own backyard. While they enjoy raising fruit, the majority still needs basic information and knowledge to be successful with fruit production. Each year, the county agriculture agent receives and answers several calls about fruit tree production.The University of Kentucky Extension Prog
