Welcome to Kentucky Family Policy
This blog is dedicated to examining issues facing the Commonwealth of Kentucky and providing a nonpartisan, family perspective on public policy making. We hope to provide a forum for Kentuckians to review and discuss current legislative actions and the issues such actions are attempting to address. The opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Kentucky, its affiliates, or its representatives.
What the authors of this blog will contribute:
1) Summarize current state, national, and international research related to topics relevant to current legilative actions.
2) Describe Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service programs and activities currently addressing issues related to legilative actions in the various counties.
3) Provide expert commentaries via podcasts and videocasts on issues relevant to current legilative actions.
Please see "Priority Bills" section on the right for a short list of the most current legislative actions relevant to the family focus of this blog
Economic hard times and environmental concerns have led to an increase in home food preservation. People are raising gardens and need to know what to do to safely keep the food they are growing. Starting in the summer of 2008 and continuing to date, there was a 50% increase in questions, requests for publications, canner testing, and office visits related to home food preservation from previous years. In addition, six classes were taught in food preservation including canning, freezing, and drying. Approximately 100 people attended the classes. Evaluations showed that 50% of participants did can, freeze, dry or preserve food after they attended the classes. One woman stated that her family ate their own fresh food all throughout the year.
To view the entire Building Strong Families for Bourbon County profile please click here.
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