Extension
It Starts With Us
| 1019 - Small Farm Diversification | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1019.1) | 0 |
Number of farmers who had better understanding of sustainable production systems because they attended Third Thursday events (KSU) |
| 1019.11) | 6 |
Number of farmers who have diversified their small farms, or added “new enterprises” |
| 1019.121) | 0 |
Number of farmers who implemented new practices as a result of attending Third Thursday events (KSU) |
Author: Edwin Chavous
Major Program: Small Farm Diversification
The Kentucky State University (KSU) Small Farm Program is an Extension program designed to help farm families with decision-making skills to solve farm and home problems. It includes educational programs that emphasize farm production, farm management, and marketing. It also includes the use and understanding of local county programs and USDA agencies and their programs, plus providing technical assistance in completing applications for the program and the entire application process.  
Author: Edwin Chavous
Major Program: Small Farm Diversification
The Kentucky State University (KSU) Small Farm Program is an Extension program designed to help farm families with decision-making skills to solve farm and home problems. It includes educational programs that emphasize farm production, farm management, and marketing. It also includes the use and understanding of local county programs and USDA agencies and their programs, plus providing technical assistance in completing applications for the program and the entire application process.  
Author: Edwin Chavous
Major Program: Small Farm Diversification
The disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. agricultural system have been broad and varied.Under the current circumstances, it’s hard to predict how long the COVID-19 pandemic will last for. Food and livestock producers face an extremely difficult situation. An alternative solution is to search for ways to sell their products. Producers feel that the only way to survive is by organizing themselves and selling their produce on-line via a social media platform. Prior to
Author: Edwin Chavous
Major Program: Small Farm Diversification
Prior to the pandemic many farmers didn’t utilize the internet for any kind of meeting conferences, workshops or any other platforms for agriculture business, farmers were accustomed to face to face contact for business and dealing with people. Now that business are slowing opening up in Kentucky there are many resources needed by limited-resource minority farmers in the world including Kentucky. The Kentucky State University (KSU) Small Farm Program is an Extension program des
