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
Inquiries about gardening and food preservation prompted Monroe County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent and community partners to offer a four-part series on how to garden and grow from seed, freeze spending, and savings. The first session, with 12 adults and 4 youth, provided an overview of gardening basics. A second discussion on fruits and vegetables stressed growing produce and purchasing in season to stretch the dollar and increase health. The two food-preservation classes had participants prepare fresh vegetables and peach jam for freezing and process salsa. Each participant took home properly prepared jars of food. One participant stated, "I will save a lot of money and I now have the confidence to do it myself."
To view the entire Building Strong Families Monroe county profile, please click the link.
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