Success StoryFall Seed Program
Fall Seed Program
Author: Shad Baker
Planning Unit: Letcher County CES
Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Plan of Work: AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT--2020
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Many people make soil preparations and invest in inputs for gardening, but only reap half the harvest because they only utilize half the growing season. This shortfall especially impacts those who rely upon gardening to stretch their food dollars.
In order to help encourage full-season production, the Letcher County Extension Office partnered with Tractor Supply in a mid-summer seed donation program. The donation of seed amounted to over $14,000 worth of free seed being distributed to clientele, in a county which US Census data show has a poverty rate of 31.1%. The ANR Program also distributed gardening information to each of the over 300 clientele who took part along with providing one-on-one recommendations based upon customized need. Each participant verbally reported their intent to plant the seed that fall.
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