Extension
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| 1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1021.1) | 5 |
Number of producers who can accurately identify agricultural food products that extend beyond the growing season |
| 1021.2) | 26 |
Number of producers reporting more confidence in marketing/selling food products |
| 1021.3) | 31 |
Number of producers who were successful in marketing/selling food products |
| 1021.5) | 386 |
Number of residents indicating a willingness to support local food markets as a result of awareness raised through Extension programming |
| 1021.4) | 386 |
Number of residents reporting an increase in accessing fresh, local foods |
| 1021.6) | 17 |
Number of producers who were encouraged by Extension programming to seek additional training on food safety ( FAP, FSMA, etc.) |
| 1021.7) | 0 |
Number of producers who were successfully trained by Extension on food safety (GAP or FSMA) |
| 1021.8) | 5 |
Number of producers who successfully obtained value-added processing certification (HBM, HBP, BPCS, etc.) through Extension programming |
Author: Lynn Blankenship
Major Program: Local Food Systems
With a Farmers Market season opening of the first Friday in April annually, Metcalfe Co. Farmers Market is among the first of the seasonal Farmers Markets each year, to open in the Mammoth Cave Area. As this Agent was preparing to offer the SR and WIC FMNP voucher producer training's in Early March, via zoom for the first time ever due to COVID - 19 meeting restrictions, I was looking for guidance on whether markets would even be allowed to operate during the pandemic crisis. On
