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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StoryMaking it work in a pandemic



Making it work in a pandemic

Author: Mary Elaine Burton

Planning Unit: Johnson County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

The Johnson County Senior SNAP-Ed Assistant collaborated with the Johnson County Health Department and Farmers Market, to create a new video series titled, Food for Thought. We shopped the market weekly throughout the summer and made healthy food recipe demos. The eight videos reached at least 13103 people and because of the popularity of the videos, the Senior SNAP-Ed assistant was able to create a condensed program that would be taught in a 3-week span, covering all of the Healthy Choices required topics. Each class is set up to cover two or more lessons with a food demo and in-person trainers who demonstrated Gentle Yoga, Drums Alive, and a popular Line Dance. All enrollees got to participate in the activities. With over 14 registering for this program and limited safe space available, we will offer another program later in the fall. Two participants requested additional healthy recipes and signed up for continued yoga classes in order to add more activity to their daily routine. Because of the Johnson County Health Department working along with the Farmers Market and the Nutrition Education Program we were able to get the approval to apply for WIC vouchers through the Health Department in the upcoming 2022 Farmers Market year. 






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