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It Starts With Us
| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
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| 1031.1) | 122 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Lynn Blankenship
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
38.7 % of all Metcalfe Co. families with children aged up to 17, live below the poverty level. For female headed households with children in the same age range with no father present, that number jumps to 85.5%. Other grim numbers tell us that 70% of our adults present as overweight & only 23% of adults consume the recommended servings of fruits & vegetables daily. The goals of this project are to increase the consumption of fresh, locally grown produce among Metcalfe Co. lim
