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| 1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1021.1) | 0 |
Number of producers who can accurately identify agricultural food products that extend beyond the growing season |
| 1021.2) | 15 |
Number of producers reporting more confidence in marketing/selling food products |
| 1021.3) | 15 |
Number of producers who were successful in marketing/selling food products |
| 1021.4) | 0 |
Number of residents reporting an increase in accessing fresh, local foods |
| 1021.5) | 0 |
Number of residents indicating a willingness to support local food markets as a result of awareness raised through Extension programming |
| 1021.6) | 30 |
Number of producers who were encouraged by Extension programming to seek additional training on food safety ( FAP, FSMA, etc.) |
| 1021.7) | 10 |
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: Trent Adkins
Major Program: Local Food Systems
The 2017 City to Farm Tour was held on September 14th, 20017 with well over 70 local business leaders/ Pulaski county chamber members in attendance. Extension partnered with the Somerset-Pulaski Co Chamber of Commerce to plan the event. The event is to help educate our community about the changes that have occurred in agriculture over the past decades. This behind-the-scenes look at local agriculture allowed community leaders the opportunity to meet the hard-working farmers and producers who kee
Author: Edith Lovett
Major Program: Local Food Systems
Sixty-nine “City People” from Pulaski County attended the “City To Farm Tour” to learn how six farmers make their living, living on the farm. For the first time the city people learned how to have their soil tested to see what nutrients may be needed to help their plants grow better. They also visited a meat processing company to see how fresh meats were processed and how they could take advantage of this service. What d
Author: Bethany Wilson
Major Program: Local Food Systems
The 2017 City to Farm Tour was held on September 14, 2017 with well over 70 local business leaders and Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce members in attendance. Extension partnered with the Somerset-Pulaski Co Chamber of Commerce to plan the event. The event helps educate our community about the changes that have occurred in agriculture over the past decades. This behind-the-scenes look at local agriculture allowed community leaders the opportunity to
Author: Trent Adkins
Major Program: Local Food Systems
For the 2nd straight year More than 4,000 students and teachers at the South Western High School in Somerset, Kentucky had the opportunity to sample fruits that were not offered to them at their high school or at home. Less than 10 per-cent of the students and teachers had ever tasted a pomegranate, and fewer than 3% knew how to slice one. The same was true with the fresh coconut, mango, and papaya. Very few had ever tasted the fruit and had no idea what it even looked like. Several of the stude
