Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Patricia Holbert
Planning Unit: LaRue County CES
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
LaRue County Kentucky has an adult food insecurity rate of 13.2 percent with 17 percent being SNAP eligible according to Kentuckyhealthfacts.org.
LaRue County Farmers Market operated weekly for 9 weeks.
LaRue County Extension Service Expanded Food and Nutrition Program ( EFNEP) Assistant and Agriculture and Natural Resource Agent distributed Senior Farmers Market Vouchers from Kentucky Department of
Agriculture worth 48.00 each to 80 senior adults along with recipes to prepare fresh fruits and vegetables.
Comments from participants included:
“The recipes and vouchers are really appreciated, it sure helps to stretch my grocery budget!”
“We loved the Farmers Market Squash Saute, great way to get my family to eat squash”.
By providing recipes and vouchers for ingredients it was proven that families increased consumption of
vegetables and fruits which contributes to improved diet quality and overall better health and prevention of chronic disease in these families.
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