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
Tightened budgets have resulted in increased gardening, canning, freezing, and other methods of long-term storage. Family and Consumer Sciences Agents conducted a workshop to teach the value and safety of food preservation. Freezing, drying, water-bath and pressure-canning techniques were taught in two half-day sessions. Eighty percent of participants stated that they were confident that they could repeat the skills learned in the workshops. After the sessions last season, 15 of the 23 participants returned evaluation forms reporting safely canning 415 quarts of produce and freezing 165 quarts. By popular demand two more sessions were taught in the summer of 2010, reaching twenty novice or first time food preservationists.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Adair county please click the link.
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