The 2024 Kentucky 4-H Teen Conference will celebrate 100 years — bringing together high school youth from across the Commonwealth and building strong future leaders on June 11-14.
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Kentucky Agriculture continues to evolve, and there’s now a new five-year plan to prove it. The Kentucky Agricultural Strategic Plan, created by the Kentucky Agricultural Council, isn’t just about improving the state’s farms and helping farmers – it’s about strengthening their place in communities and improving quality of life and economic vitality across Kentucky.
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Explore the essential role of agriculture youth organizations. This blog delves into how these groups shape future agricultural leaders, fostering leadership, resilience, and environmental stewardship. Discover how investing in these organizations contributes to securing the future of sustainable agriculture.
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If the rest of the state felt the ground beneath them suddenly slope toward Lexington recently, there was good reason. A record-breaking number of high school students descended on the University of Kentucky campus for the 46th annual FFA/4-H UK Field Day.
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Agriculture Commissioner Ryan F. Quarles is encouraging Kentuckians to check the box for the Farms to Food Banks Trust Fund on their tax returns.
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Schools in eight Kentucky counties will receive face-to-face instruction from chefs to help them serve fresh local foods to their students under two pilot projects led by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School Programin partnership with the Community Farm Alliance and the National Farm to School Network.
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Marketing and promotion projects provided the best return on investment for ventures that received Kentucky tobacco settlement dollars between 2007 and 2014, according to a new report.
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With more than a quarter of a million members, there is a one-in-three chance any given Kentucky K-12 student is involved in 4-H through a variety of venues including local clubs, special interest activities, camps or school enrichment programs.
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Eastern Kentucky is rich in agricultural possibilities. To better showcase all the 37-county region has to offer from its farmers, ranchers and producers, the Kentucky Proud brand managed by the state’s Department of Agriculture (KDA) is in full swing with its newest trademarked brand known as Appalachia Proud: Mountains of Potential
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Have you thanked a veteran lately? Thanks to Kentucky’s own Homegrown by Heroes program, it can be as easy as buying fruits and vegetables.
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For an Anderson County farm family, dropping by a Cooperative Extension Service office in person recently was better than doing research on the Internet.
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When you ask the public, “Who provides the services that protect you?” many will list local police and fire departments or federal agencies, like the FBI, the CIA or the Department of Homeland Security. Few would include their state department of agriculture on that list.
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Bruce Harper was a teenager when he attended his first Kentucky State Fair in 1958. Since then, he has missed only one fair in 1975, when he was out of the country.
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