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| 1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1021.11) | 7 |
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
| 1021.1) | 40 |
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, ….) |
| 1021.8) | 7 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
| 1021.6) | 27 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
| 1021.4) | 0 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
| 1021.5) | 6 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
| 1021.3) | 0 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
| 1021.2) | 0 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
| 1021.7) | 0 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Local Food Systems
Louisville, Kentucky is home to folks who have resettled from over 60 different countries and is home to citizens that speak collectively over 130 languages other than English. With this cultural diversity there is also a lot of diversity in food and food traditions. All folks who resettle in Louisville, KY are eligible for SNAP benefits. Like all people, folks from diverse backgrounds also want to eat and access healthy food but may also want to preserve their cultural food traditions. To help
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Local Food Systems
In 2019, KY NEP published a Farmers’ Market Toolkit intended to be used by Extension Agents and farmers’ market managers to help markets accept nutrition benefits programs such as SNAP, WIC, and Senior Vouchers. Shortly after the launch of the toolkit, the COVD-19 pandemic drastically changed the landscape of farmers’ markets. In the fall of 2022 and spring of 2023, KYNEP staff members began revising the Farmers’ Market Toolkit given all the changes that had occurred.The
Author: Von Barnes
Major Program: Local Food Systems
The Habitat for Humanity Families Garden received an overhaul with the help of GE’s Local Inclusion Network Connection program in April. Three families had the opportunity to learn some “gardening 101,” such as soil composition and health, companion planting, and mapping out the sun path. The families were enthusiastic to work with three master gardeners and plant what was for some, their first edible garden. Now, they have easy access to a nutritious diet grown by th
Author: Jennifer Palmer
Major Program: Local Food Systems
The problem – Access to quality seed potatoes for growing at low or no cost. The educational program response was to learn about how to grow potatoes from new gardeners that have never grown potatoes and it allowed new gardeners to try growing potatoes for the first time. This giveaway encouraged first time gardeners to try growing their own food with very little cost to themselves since the potatoes were given to them. The participants/target audience community garde
Author: Phillip Long
Major Program: Local Food Systems
Since we use these stories as a resource for multiple requests, don’t restrict Success Stories only to traditional Extension appointments and activities. Any accomplishments and efforts that are noteworthy may be included.The Ag Agent in Jefferson County recently received a call from a greenhouse manager regarding vegetable plants that appeared to have some type of herbicide damage. The manager informed me that there haven’t been any herbicide applications applied to any of thei
