Spotlight Series: Harlan County

Our continuing "Spotlight Series": Harlan

Cooperative Extension Service provides a range of educational programming and activities to support the well-being of Kentuckians. One good example is in Harlan County where the FCS agent offered a program called "Gardening 101" through meetings held in four different locations. The basics of both gardening and food preservation were taught. Sixty-three participants attended these programs obtaining information in basic gardening, soil testing, fertilization, as well as canning, freezing, and drying of foods. Twenty-five percent of those attending were first time participants in an Extension program. At Pine Mountain Settlement School, they have become interested in producing, serving and selling their own food resulting in a need for the micro-processing training offered by through FCS Extension.

For more information about the needs of families in Harlan County and how UK Cooperative Extension is providing services, please click here to see the full Harlan County Family and Consumer Extension Profile