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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




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021


Success StoryGrowing your own Vegetable and Fruit Publications



Growing your own Vegetable and Fruit Publications

Author: Richard Durham

Planning Unit: Horticulture

Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Home horticulture information relating to vegetable and fruit gardening has been a focus of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Program for many years.  However, recent efforts have focused on developing publications in this area for low-literacy audiences.  From 2018 until 2025 the Nutrition Education Program has partnered with the Department of Horticulture to develop 22 such publications including two general (Preparing your Garden and Composting) and 20 crop-specific publications (Tomatoes, Basil, Rhubarb, Blackberries, etc.)  Six of these publications have also been translated to Spanish. Five additional crop-specific and one general publication (Soil Sampling) are slated to be published in 2025.  These publications are highlighted on the Nutrition Education Program Plan-Eat-Move web site (https://www.planeatmove.com/get-moving/growing-your-own-garden/) where they are available to the public.  The publications are also used by county staff engaged in Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Programs (EFNEP) and consumer and home horticulture programing.






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