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| 1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1021.2) | 2 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
| 1021.3) | 0 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
| 1021.5) | 6 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
| 1021.4) | 2 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
| 1021.6) | 12 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
| 1021.7) | 18 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
| 1021.8) | 16 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
| 1021.1) | 18 |
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, ….) |
| 1021.11) | 16 |
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
Author: Kevin Lyons
Major Program: Local Food Systems
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented challenges to many people. It has changed the way we live and work. One of the challenges that has developed for UK Cooperative Extension Service Agents is how do we continue to deliver quality educational programs to our clientele during this health crisis? Most traditional face-to-face program delivery methods are not currently an option.An alternate method is electronic delivery of programs. Because most of our traditional field days were canceled due to Co
