Jefferson County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018





1053 - Commercial Horticulture - Crop Marketing
1053.1) 0

Number of producers who plan to utilize a new method to advertise products as a result of what they learned from Extension

1053.2) 20

Number of producers who utilized a new method to advertise products

1053.3) 20

Number of producers who plan to utilize resources provided by Extension for marketing products

1053.4) 0

Number of producers who actually utilized resources provided by Extension for marketing products

1053.5) 20

Number of producers who plan to explore selling products in other types of markets currently not employed

1053.6) 20

Number of producers who are selling products in other types of markets not currently employed

1053.7) 5

Number of producers who plan to use Facebook, Twitter and other social media to market their business

1053.8) 0

Number of producers who used Facebook, Twitter and other social media to market their business



Success Stories

Somali-Americans build small farm businesses

Author: Bethany Pratt

Major Program: Commercial Horticulture - Crop Marketing

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service Agent for Horticulture Education (HORT), Common Earth Gardens (CEG); Kentucky Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (KCARD) and Navigate Enterprises of the Jewish Family & Career Center (NE) along with support from the University of Kentucky’s Center for Crop Diversity (CCD) have developed and implemented a three year incubator farm program for Louisville’s immigrant and refugee population to help interested participants

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