Author: Julia Wilson
Planning Unit: Hart County CES
Major Program: Food Preservation
Plan of Work: Accessing Nutritious Foods & SNAP-Education
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Each year during the gardening season, Edmonson County residents reach out to the Edmonson County Cooperative Extension Service with questions about food preservation. Families often wish to save money by preserving fresh produce. According to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Data Book(2015) 21.2% of Edmonson County families live below poverty and there were 2,191 SNAP recipients whose average benefits were $240.95 per month.
Since 2015 the FCS Agent has scheduled multiple food preservation classes for adults and youth. In addition, the FCS agent has distributed handouts at local events, used social media to share food preservation information, and advertised pressure canner testing in the local newspaper and social media.
In December of 2017 the FCS Agent reached out to former food preservation class participants and asked them to take part in the survey via mail or phone interview. Questions related to their food preservation in the past year and were taken from the SNAP Garden survey.
According to the data collected from 15 families:
In addition, three families completed homebased processor applications. One family reported an additional income of $300 thru the sale of homebased processor products.
According to the American Heart Association, teaching youth how to prepare their own food will give ... Read More
The obesity epidemic threatens the quality and years of life of Kentuckians. Obese individuals are a... Read More
The Kentucky Homemaker Association is a volunteer organization that works to improve the quality of ... Read More
According to the CDC in 2016 Kentucky was 5th in the nation for the highest rate of death due to dru... Read More