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UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

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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 StorySecond COVID-19 Business Adaptation Webinar Series Builds on Success of First



Second COVID-19 Business Adaptation Webinar Series Builds on Success of First

Author: Brett Wolff

Planning Unit: Agr Economics

Major Program: Horticulture, Commercial

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Second COVID-19 Business Adaptation Webinar Series Builds on Success of First


Brett Wolff led a second webinar series in November and December of 2020 following up on delivering content small agricultural businesses—particularly those selling directly to the public, to pivot toward more online and other adaptive methods to cope with emerging impacts of COVID-19.

 

Some webinars were presented just by Brett while others were presented in collaboration with the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, and Community Farm Alliance included:

 

Basic Analytics for Social Media and Websites

 

Exploring Markets & Considering New Crops

 

Simple Web Design + Google Business Profiles

 

Offseason Marketing and Customer Retention

 

2021: Looking ahead for Farmers Markets & COVID-19

 

Registration for all webinars was 356, with some of those registrations being returning clients. In addition to live participation, recordings of the webinars have been viewed a total of 909 times. This is in addition to the 977 registrants for the spring webinar. All our COVID webinars have also been viewed afterward a total of 1422 times.

 

Response to these webinars was overwhelmingly positive.

 






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