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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 StoryFeeding our Kentucky Families thru Covid-19



Feeding our Kentucky Families thru Covid-19

Author: Cathy Fellows

Planning Unit: Boone County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Initial Outcome

In 2019 37 million people in the United States were struggling with food insecurities. It is 

projected in 2020 to increase by 46% due to Covid-19. By the end of 2020, 54 million

Americans will have struggled with food insecurities, 1 in 7 Kentuckians. In May 2020 the

USDA began the Covid-19 Food Assistance Program. Which provides $3 billion in fresh

produce, meat and dairy once a month to be distributed locally to food banks and other 

non-profits in every County in Kentucky. These 20-25lb boxes would supply enough food to

provide adequate meals in a household for a month.

In collaboration with Director Amy Heyd of the Freestore Food Bank, The University of 

Kentucky’s Northern Kentucky Nutrition Education Program Assistants began providing

monthly 400+ Nutrition/Health information packets that were sent home with the Covid-19 

Food Assistance boxes. These boxes were distributed monthly at Immanuel United

Methodist Food Pantry-Boone Campus since the program began in May 2020. 

The information provided was to help educate the participants on the latest Covid-19

information as well as provide Nutrition information and low cost healthy recipes to use

with products in the Covid-19 Food Assistance boxes they received.






 Pictured below:

SAMPLES of Covid-19 Food Assistance Boxes from May 2020



Produce Box





SAMPLE List of Monthly Covid-19 Food Assistance Boxes

Milk will primarily be in gallons of 2% (4 gallons/case) but that may change.  Also Produce boxes will vary due to seasonality and  availability.

                         



      

        Pictured Below: Bread bags ready to be given out with CFAP boxes                 





Pictured Below: University of Kentucky's Nutrition Education Program Assistant delivering Nutrition/Health packets to the Community Partners.







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