Extension
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| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 14 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Phillip Long
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Extension’s Urban Ag Program Benefits Visually Challenged Students­­­­­State the SITUATION­­­Blind or visually challenged students at Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) have little access to vegetable gardening on the school’s campus. Although food production is part of the Math/Biology/Chemistry/Engineering curriculum, safe access to available areas and tools has been a challenge. Funding from the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service, throu
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Jefferson Co. Agent for Horticulture Education collaborated with the Urban Conservationist with Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District and local non-profit, Louisville Grows to host the first Urban Homesteading Workshop Series. The goal of the program was to introduce the art of self-sufficiency via homegrown food production for people living in an urban environment. Classes met twice a month, March.-Oct. of 2018 with a celebration at the end of October. Meeting 1 was a
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Horticulture Agent for Jefferson County Extension has been leading a weekly gardening class at the Women's Healing Place campus in Louisville, Kentucky since 2015. The gardening classes teach women basic home gardening skills that are used to produce vegetables to supplement the three meals/day served at the center. In 2018, the Women's Healing Place wanted to expand their produce production potential by extending their growing season. The Hort. Agent involved the Natural Resource Co
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Addiction is on the rise in Louisville and across Kentucky. Louisville hosts many recovery centers for adults in addiction recovery. One of those centers is the Volunteers of America (VOA). VOA has multiple addiction recovery programs in Louisville depending on client needs. Two of those centers, Shelby Men's Recovery Center and Women's Freedom House, sought out the help of Cooperative Extension's Horticulture Agent to help facilitate a gardening program at each of these sites. After
Author: Stephen Lewis
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Having volunteers are a critical component to the effectiveness of county agents. They significantly increase an agent’s ability to reach target audiences and affect change in the community. Volunteers often come from the same areas they work in and see extension agents as a resource to provide education and opportunities that they otherwise may not have access. Technical training and research-based information from University extension programs can provide skill and experience that volunt
Author: Stephen Lewis
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Bates Community Development Corp (BCDC) is a nonprofit that provides social services to the community for the purpose of combating blight and deterioration in Louisville. They have several programs to “compassionately meet human needs”, one of which is a Dare to Care food program. Recently BCDC was the recipient of a high tunnel greenhouse through the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) with the intention of using it to grow food and teaching children gardening skills durin
