Extension
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| 1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1021.2) | 0 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
| 1021.3) | 0 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
| 1021.5) | 2 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
| 1021.4) | 2 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
| 1021.6) | 7 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
| 1021.7) | 9 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
| 1021.8) | 0 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
| 1021.1) | 3 |
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, ….) |
| 1021.11) | 9 |
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
Author: Brenda Cockerham
Major Program: Local Food Systems
60 sets of seeds, 30 gardening calendars (until supplies ran out) and informative packets were distributed throughout the community by way of the Highland Community Food Basket and the Farmer’s Market. This was in part inspired by the Victory Garden Initiative and the need to communicate that there are three gardening seasons in Kentucky. These packets contained various fall seeds, recipe cards, a measuring spoon, fall planting seed information, along with other various forms of informatio
