Owsley County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022





1021 - Local Food Systems
1021.11) 15

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) 15

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) 15

Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products

1021.7) 10

Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect.  

1021.6) 15

Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods

1021.4) 3

Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing,  Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School,  etc.)  

1021.5) 3

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)



Success Stories

Kids Kash

Author: Paul Sizemore

Major Program: Local Food Systems

This Agent along with a group of leaders identified the need to promote and educate healthy living to promote lifestyle modifications and interventions with the children of our community. This decision was made based on the fact that 29 percent of our children are living in a food insecure household according to Kentucky Kids Count. This, coupled with the fact that while the average life expectancy is 78, in our county it is just 69. In Kentucky, 23.8% of youth aged 10 to 17 have obesity, giving

Full Story