Author: Stephen Lewis
Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Microgreens are a new, trendy agricultural product that many people are still not familiar with. Growing microgreens is an easy way to provide a family with nutrient rich produce in as little as two weeks and is also becoming a lucrative business venture for agricultural entrepreneurs. The Microgreens 101 program was created to familiarize youth with the process of growing microgreens from seed to harvest as a means to produce food for their families or to create economic opportunities in Ag bus
Author: Andrea Munoz
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
According to the USDA 800,000 seniors benefit from the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. know as SFMNP. Personally, this has been in my goals, every year, while working for extension office, to provide services for seniors, which are also the most vulnerable population, from the point of view of nutrition, isolation, and victims of abuse. This past year 2020 with the COVID 19 restrictions has been especially hard, the two senior centers that serve Whitley County, have been limi
Author: Ken Thompson
Major Program: Aquaculture
Through an aquaponics partnership with Kentucky State University, students at Eminence High School learn that jobs in STEM are “more and different than what they were imagining.” For several years, Karin Ceralde, an Eminence science teacher, has been teaching a hands-on aquaponics unit to her biology classes. For the first time in the 2020-21 school year, Mrs. Ceralde also taught a full aquaponics class. The inclusion of hands-on aquaponics learning in high school classroom
Author: Jhamicah Harbut
Building relationships throughout your lifetime is important. It is important to create sustainable relationships and collaborate with community organizations throughout the community. One of the ways Kentucky State University collaborates is through EFNEP. Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Program (KSUCEP) provides low-income families and youth in Kentucky with hands-on nutrition education to combat food insecurity and nutrition-related health challenges. Through the federally fun
Author: William Crawford
Major Program: Poultry/Small Flocks
As we continue into our second year of COVID-19, small producers of poultry and livestock continue to face challenges to get their animals processed. I recall about a year ago receiving word of an organic poultry grower who was looking to travel all the way to Missouri to get his birds processed. There are several reasons that contribute to this dilemma. The simplest explanation is supply and demand. There are more birds than the current processors can accommodate. It is not quite that simply th
Author: Chandra DeRamus
“Kentucky State University Brings Innovative Programs to Elizabethtown Kentucky thru Technology in Nutrition Education Videos & Newsletters” Within Kentucky farmers, businesses, and families have all had some kind of impact from the COVID-19 (corona-virus) pandemic. According to the United States Census Bureau from May 2020 to May 2021 the price of food increased by at least 2.2 %, while energy increased by a staggering 29%. In addition, the un
Author: Jessica Marquez
Major Program: Community Engagement
Success Story: Educating our community. Title: Educating the Hispanic/Latinx Community on COVID-19 Major Program: Community Engagement Plan of work: Educating and empowering individuals and families to make responsible choices and develop life skills Outcome Type: Initial Outcome Success Story: Educating and empowering the Hispanic/Latinx Community on COVID-19 Issues: What is the situation? Who cares and why?KSU Extension focuses on strengthening partnerships
Major Program: Community Leadership Development
Success Story: Addressing the needs of our community. Title: Serving the Hispanic/Latinx Community – A virtual conversation & LEP effortsMajor Program: Community Leadership Development Plan of work: Assist in developing high quality educational programs and resources specific to your content area to address the needs of underserved and underrepresented audiences.Outcome Type: Long-Term Outcome Success Story: Addressing the needs of underserved and underrepresented audien
Author: Allison Young
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
Webinars In Family and Consumer Sciences Topics Provide Education For Extension Agents in KentuckyIn the midst of the pandemic, scams have become more of a problem for Kentuckians. Many unwitting consumers have fallen victim to scammers promising access to Covid-19 testing, vaccines and other cures. Tho
Author: Brian Walker
Major Program: Science, Engineering, and Technology
This starts out as a summer camp story. This was my first time conducting a summer camp program. The program was a week long event where the students were bused in to our faculity. That great things about this camp was that we had a group of 17 young men from out of a school in Louisville. These young men were excited to be participating in this camp because there were only so many spaces available and the ones that came were chosen to come. During the week adventur
Due to COVID-19 learning was becoming a very diffcult thing to accomplish among children. I was conducting programming for a group online and wanted to do so much more. The person in charged wanted her students to have a STEM week. At first we didn't think we could pull it off becuase COVID was still in effect and things haven't been lifted. I informed my contact that in time things were supposed to change and I told her good things come to those who wait. W
Author: Patrice Thompson
During the pandemic community engagement and collaborations had been temporarily stagnant. OF course, this was due to many community partners uncertainty on collaborative efforts, community/youth programs, and in-person gatherings. This took a major toll on community partners that had already begun programming or inquired about programming in early 2021. In Spring 2021, as the state opened back up, I was able to reconnect at make new partnerships with community partners that already host o
Author: William Rogers
Drone Technology can provide opportunities for Kentucky underserved farmers, veterans, women, and other underserved populations throughout the commonwealth. Through the use of drones, I taught 20 technology classes to 389 direct contacts by demonstrating educational research-based information in zoom meetings, classroom settings, and field demonstration to teach the following: Which drone would work best for farming enterprises. Demonstration of the drones. How using drones to
After having a heart attack, Whitley County Farmer, John Rogers, moved his cattle from his small farm to the Livestock sale at Somerset to decrease his workload for recovery and increase his cash flow to pay his medical bills. Unfortunately, due to not feeling well, he did not have his cattle gate fasten tight. As a result, the cattle gate came open on the horse trailer, and as Rogers slowed down or stopped along the Cumberland Falls Hwy, the steers escape! When Rogers stopped at a
Author: Laykin Smith
Local Senior Centers, such as the Bath County Senior Citizens Center, serve as a gateway to connect senior adults to vital community services that can help them stay healthy and independent. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, these local facilities were forced to close their doors and serve clients through limited drop-off/pick-up methods. Although the pandemic isn’t over, as more and more Kentuckians are being vaccinated, facilities are opening up and restrictions are being lifted. The Bath
Author: Linda Brown-Price
Major Program: Family Development General
Data from the 2020 UF/IFAS Extension Workload shows that Extension’s services continued to meet the demand for information and education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a decline in-person contacts, but there was growth in online and virtual contacts. Connections by email and text messages increased by 60%. Source: http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/tomobreza/2021/04/06/numbers-confirm-extension-powers-through-the-pandemic. Utilizing the afore mentioned data as a benchm
Major Program: Financial Education - General
Today’s young adults need to able to adapt to the challenges they face upon high school graduation and beyond. 2020 further complicated this transition into adulthood as many families were not equipped to handle the issues the COVID pandemic created. Joblessness, financial insecurity, and relationship conflicts created a crisis that many people never imagined they would endure. Concerns over the impact these problems will have on young adults generated a series on “Adulting 101&rdquo
Author: Robert Durborow
2020-21 Success Story covering period July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 Kentucky State University College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences, School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Fish Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Casework and Inspections, and Establishing and Developing the Aquaculture Extension TeamSubmitted by Robert Durborow, Ph.D., Associate Research Director; John Kelso, Extension & Research Assistant; Tifani Watson, Graduate Research Assistant; and Tyler McKay, Gradua
